I opened the ½ ounce packet and was surprised to find tightly rolled, green oolong leaves. For some reason, I thought this would be a roasted brown oolong like in Butiki’s Maple Pecan Oolong. But this is a pleasant surprise for me because I adore green oolongs. :)
The dry leaves give off a lovely strawberry aroma, and yet there doesn’t appear to be anything in the pouch except oolong leaves. I wonder how this was flavored…hmm, that remains a mystery even after tasting it. But I’m jumping ahead.
The brewed tea aroma is much like the dry leaf. The taste is a beautiful, floral, green oolong with juicy strawberry flavoring. It tastes of both strawberry fruit and strawberry seeds. Yum! It’s a wonderful flavor with a natural sweetness.
OMG, this is divine!!! It has all the wonderful characteristics of floral green oolongs that I love. But it also has one of the tastiest and truest strawberry flavors I’ve ever had. This is one yummy cup of tea! I honestly can’t do it justice with words. I feel like any time I wanted a green oolong, I could just drink this instead. It’s a perfectly balanced, perfectly flavored, natural tasting, fruity tea. I am in love! *Swoon!
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Wha? Only oolong? There are tons of teensy little blossom-y things in mine, like those in the picture (and I’ve ordered this tea twice now, and received some from Sil).
Well, if they’re small, I could have overlooked them. Or they could have fallen to the bottom of the pouch and just didn’t end up in my scoop. It was very delicious anyhow and recognizably strawberry.
Wha? Only oolong? There are tons of teensy little blossom-y things in mine, like those in the picture (and I’ve ordered this tea twice now, and received some from Sil).
Well, if they’re small, I could have overlooked them. Or they could have fallen to the bottom of the pouch and just didn’t end up in my scoop. It was very delicious anyhow and recognizably strawberry.
I didn’t get any in mine either!
… really? That’s odd…
It really is!
Still uber tasty, either way! :P