This is still my oldest tea, and it’s been kicking around for a good long time now. I took it to work in an effort to finish it off, but it wasn’t getting a whole lot of love brewed hot, so I brought it home again for cold brewing. As I suspected, it’s a lot better cold than it is hot (but it’s not bad hot, so I’m really not sure why this wasn’t finished up ages ago). I used 2 tbsp of leaf in 2 litres of water, and gave it around 12 hours in the fridge overnight.
Cold, the main flavour is apricot and fuzzy peach, mostly natural tasting so I’ve no real complaints. I’ve had better peach/apricot tea, but I’ve also had worse in terms of plastic/generally artificial flavour. The flavouring is clear and unmuddied by other influences, and the white base is pretty much totally unobtrusive. I’d happily drink this one cold again (doubtless I will be in an effort to finally say goodbye), but it wouldn’t be a repurchase simply because I’ve mostly moved on from Adagio and there are definitely better peach/apricot white teas out there. For today, though, this is fine.
