TTB. Smells like blueberry flavoring. Not true blueberry. It’s not unpleasant, but not amazing either. Soft but then striking tannic notes on the nose. This is a strong tea. Those who like to add milk and/or sugar will enjoy this brisk blend. The blueberry is lingering. It hits right away as the liquid enters your mouth and lingers like that aunt you don’t mind, but can only take so much of. The brisk notes of slightly burnt wood and twigs are a nice note to balance the somewhat fakeness of the blueberry.
On a side note, I find it interesting that this company is using the Lion Logo. International buyers are not allowed to apply this logo to their own packaging. Anything that uses the logo must be grown and packaged in Sri Lanka. So technically… sure? But then they adulterate it with the blueberry that is not of Ceylon origin, and that, to me, is the point where the logo should not be allowed to be used. What do you guys think?
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I think many different countries have varying rules on how they regulate symbols dealing with protected origin status. It’s bad enough with trademarks, etc. And some countries will let their companies apply anything, even competitors names and symbols and logos or trademarks. Forgery and fraud and counterfeit goods are rampant. Caveat emptor! Personally, I would not like to do business with a company that is deceptive or obviously stealing others identity.
I don’t know a lot about the Lion logo specifically, but some of the questions I’d probably want to know about as they pertain to the use would be whether the final product is declared as a product of Sri Lanka or Canada and what the percentage of blueberry is compared to the other ingredients.
I’m making the assumption this is a Canadian brand (I’m not familiar with them) based on name alone, but essentially as far as CDN food/bev regulations go this would be considered a product of Sri Lanka as long as the place the “last substantial change” occurred was in Sri Lanka. Even if the blueberries or other ingredients aren’t actually Sri Lankan in origin. For tea blends, the last substantial change is usually the actual blending of the ingredients together. So if the regulations as written for the Lion logo is that it can only be applied to “Sri Lankan Products” then it might meet that regulatory need if the company is out sourcing their production to somewhere in Sri Lanka (regardless of ingredient origin).
I am also curious about the percentage because I wonder if part of how the use of the logo is determined has to do with it simply just being a “majority” Sri Lankan product, and there is some allowance for components that can’t be sourced from within the country…
I think many different countries have varying rules on how they regulate symbols dealing with protected origin status. It’s bad enough with trademarks, etc. And some countries will let their companies apply anything, even competitors names and symbols and logos or trademarks. Forgery and fraud and counterfeit goods are rampant. Caveat emptor! Personally, I would not like to do business with a company that is deceptive or obviously stealing others identity.
I don’t know a lot about the Lion logo specifically, but some of the questions I’d probably want to know about as they pertain to the use would be whether the final product is declared as a product of Sri Lanka or Canada and what the percentage of blueberry is compared to the other ingredients.
I’m making the assumption this is a Canadian brand (I’m not familiar with them) based on name alone, but essentially as far as CDN food/bev regulations go this would be considered a product of Sri Lanka as long as the place the “last substantial change” occurred was in Sri Lanka. Even if the blueberries or other ingredients aren’t actually Sri Lankan in origin. For tea blends, the last substantial change is usually the actual blending of the ingredients together. So if the regulations as written for the Lion logo is that it can only be applied to “Sri Lankan Products” then it might meet that regulatory need if the company is out sourcing their production to somewhere in Sri Lanka (regardless of ingredient origin).
I am also curious about the percentage because I wonder if part of how the use of the logo is determined has to do with it simply just being a “majority” Sri Lankan product, and there is some allowance for components that can’t be sourced from within the country…