Queued post, written May 24th 2014
This one is from the Christmas calendar, actually, and I’ve only just got around to trying it myself now. I’m using the rest of the tea, having given most of it away and also made some of it for Husband once when I was having something else myself. He thought, if memory serves me correctly, that it was a very pleasant tea. I’ve shared it with MissB and Courtney, and MissB in turn shared it with Jump62359. All of them thought it was pleasant, although MissB found it triggered one of her allergies, so I’m quite confident that I’m going to like it.
I used the rest of the leaf that I had, and that turned out to be a bit more leaf than it looked like because it brewed up fairly strong. No matter, I like a fairly strong tea, so it hasn’t lost anything on that account.
It’s very rhubarb-y in flavour. I can’t comment on the aroma, because my nose is running a bit. I hope I haven’t caught anything. Or rather, I sort of hope that I’ve caught something, because I’ve never suffered from pollen allergies of any sort in all my life and I don’t much fancy starting now. But it’s got lots of rhubarb flavour and it actually tastes like rhubarb. It also tastes like green tea. It’s about equal parts flavour and base and they are flavours that seem to go quite well with each other, finally ending on a sweet note.
I might actually purchase some more of this if it’s still summer when I’m allowed to buy tea again. I doubt it is, to be honest. It seems like there’s still lots left in the box I haven’t tried yet. Next year, then!
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I know Fru P is the place in Aarhus, do they do their own blends? Or do you know where they get their teas? I’m wondering if it’s worth having family send me some of their teas.
No, she’s a delicatessen shop rather than a tea shop. She’s just one that happens to have a lot of tea. She’s also got a lot of specialty beer, wine, coffee, fancy chocolates, fancy biscuits and so on. Lately, on her facebook, I saw that she now had some kind of french cordial which I’m reminding myself to get a bottle of next time I come past there.
I don’t know who her supplier is (and I don’t really like asking either, tbh), but I expect it’s one of the same large bulk suppliers that supply a lot of these little shops in Europe. I did once see the original foil bag that she had received her stock in because I wanted to know if there were any more details on where from Sri Lanka their Ceylon tea had come from, and we found an estate name on it. Sadly I didn’t pay attention to whether there was any other information on the bag at the time.
Actually, given the names of some of these blends, I strongly suspect you could also go to Hans&Grete and get the exact same blend. I just tend to prefer Fru P. I’m not keen on the row of enormous coffee mills H&G have constantly churning away in their shop window so close to their tea. I can’t actually taste any difference if there has been coffee near it or not and at this level of quality I’m not sure it matters super-much either. I don’t even know if there is coffee in them all the time either. For all I know it might be mostly for show that they’re running. It just leaves a very bad impression on me.
No thank you! I just wondered if it was something super special. One of our nephews works downtown so it would be easy to have some sent.
Ha, we were there just yesterday buying new plates. Different shop, though, but same chain. :) At last I can serve more than four!
I know Fru P is the place in Aarhus, do they do their own blends? Or do you know where they get their teas? I’m wondering if it’s worth having family send me some of their teas.
No, she’s a delicatessen shop rather than a tea shop. She’s just one that happens to have a lot of tea. She’s also got a lot of specialty beer, wine, coffee, fancy chocolates, fancy biscuits and so on. Lately, on her facebook, I saw that she now had some kind of french cordial which I’m reminding myself to get a bottle of next time I come past there.
I don’t know who her supplier is (and I don’t really like asking either, tbh), but I expect it’s one of the same large bulk suppliers that supply a lot of these little shops in Europe. I did once see the original foil bag that she had received her stock in because I wanted to know if there were any more details on where from Sri Lanka their Ceylon tea had come from, and we found an estate name on it. Sadly I didn’t pay attention to whether there was any other information on the bag at the time.
Actually, given the names of some of these blends, I strongly suspect you could also go to Hans&Grete and get the exact same blend. I just tend to prefer Fru P. I’m not keen on the row of enormous coffee mills H&G have constantly churning away in their shop window so close to their tea. I can’t actually taste any difference if there has been coffee near it or not and at this level of quality I’m not sure it matters super-much either. I don’t even know if there is coffee in them all the time either. For all I know it might be mostly for show that they’re running. It just leaves a very bad impression on me.
Oh gosh, long answer. Sorry. O.o
No thank you! I just wondered if it was something super special. One of our nephews works downtown so it would be easy to have some sent.
I had to go look up where, he works at Inspiration.
Ha, we were there just yesterday buying new plates. Different shop, though, but same chain. :) At last I can serve more than four!
I remember really liking it last trip to DK.