Grape Wulong Oolong Tea

I was afraid that I over steeped this one as I sorta forgot about it, but turned out to be good still. It has a distinct grape flavour and it’s quite bold. This is probably the best grape tea I’ve had flavour wise. I like it. One of the best teavana teas I’ve tried.

This tea surprised me! I tend to just assume that any fruit-flavored blend from Teavana is going to contain a bunch of dried fruit chunks and a random smattering of tea leaves. But this is actually an oolong tea! Not the best quality (some of the leaves are smashed up and there are a fair number of twigs) but definitely an oolong. And the flavor isn’t overpowering or artificial: it’s a light, natural white grape flavor layered over a smooth oolong base. The only thing I don’t enjoy is a slightly metallic aftertaste. I wouldn’t necessarily re-purchase this, but I will finish the ounce I have with no difficulty!

This was a tea that I bought entirely because of the smell. It smells exactly like the Big League Chew bubble gum that I used to love as a kid. I bought this tea out of pure nostalgia. It’s a sweet, fruity tea with a bit of an artificial taste to it, but that’s about what I expected. Oddly enough, it’s one of those teas that the more I drink, the more I like it.

However, for people who want to taste the tea itself (you don’t get much of it), I can’t recommend it. I kind of like it, but I think that’s more because of nostalgia than the tea itself.

This might make a decent iced tea. I’ll have to try that sometime.

Brews up mildly sour, grape has dominated and you can’t taste the tea.
The leaf really swells up too.

This only steeps twice, though they’re both good steeps.

I bought this tea on sale at the end of year sale at teavana. My initial thoughts when I tried it was eh, but the more I drank it I started to like it more and more. I am very bad at describing teas but this one has a mild sweet taste with a fruit flavored undertone. Bottom line I like it, I liked it so much I went to the store to buy more because teavana employees said they would not be selling it anymore.

Side note it says to steep 3 mins but I have a tendency to forget that I am steeping and over steep. This is because I make the tea in a tumbler and bring to work and get busy and forget. The tea still tastes good though.

If you’re into fruity oolong teas, then this tea is for you. It has a sweet taste with a little savory oolong notes at the end that I enjoyed quite a bit. I haven’t tried it cold, but I can attest that this tea is delicious hot.

So, I first tried this tea in a Teavana store. I had a coupon for a free hot tea, so I tried this. The leaves smell of a wonderful concord grape, which I love! I had them brew it to my instructions (no sugar, 1tbsp/16oz) and it was like drinking warm grape juice with a mild oolong note at the end. I personally loved it then.

A few months later, I was in Teavana to purchase some of their “end of year” sale items and noticed that this tea was 75% off! I bought 8oz of it, thinking I would drink it quickly, but it definitely doesn’t taste like what I had in the store anymore.. Not sure why, but the grape flavor isn’t really noticeable and it’s just like drinking a low-quality oolong that makes you go “…meh.”

The smell of the leaves is amazing, when I first tasted the tea the flavor is mostly grapes, they overcome the flavor of the Oolong tea, for some that might be a bad thing, to me I really care about the final flavor and I did enjoyed this one, maybe not to buy some ounces, but still is a good tea. Maybe next time I’ll try it iced.

Picked this one out today almost my chance. It is not great, not terrible and a little too sweet. I think it would make an excellent iced tea as it has very little bitterness and astringency. I would only cautiously recommend someone try this tea. Some people will like it, more probably will not.

I bought 2 oz. of this tea based on the smell alone. Unfortunately, I didn’t enjoy it all. I ended up returning it to Teavana.