Thé du Hammam, we meet again – I reviewed the rooibos a couple of months back: http://gluttonette.com/?p=258. I am unsure whether or not that’s too high a grade in light of my recent love affair with Mariage Frères and their Rouge Provence, but we’ll see. The green version smells beautiful; sweet, floral and fruity. In the …
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Yuzu Temple – Mariage Frères
So my friend had allegedly (the guys at the Selfridge’s location are always so slithery – sweet, but still very very slithery) bought too many sweet, fruity and floral teas, so the sample she got when she asked to try something not on her shopping list was Yuzu Temple. I steeped this a little hot, …
Mareld (Mareel) – Tehörnan
I don’t technically ‘need’ this tea, particularly not as I’m moving back to Italy tomorrow morning and plan on bringing every single leaf I own, but hey, I had a discount coupon. (Any excuse is valid when it comes to tea.) Adding this in translation was a bit more of a challenge than it usually …
Goji-havtorn (Gojiberry & Sea-buckthorn) – Bönor & blad
The dry tea smells absolutely gorgeous. There’s fruit with a kick of sweetness, followed by that characteristic sea-buckthorn tea scent that’s so hard to characterize. (The wet tea leaves smell like waterlogged puffed rice!) In the cup, the scent is more vegetal than sweet, again in the typical manner of sea-buckthorn brews. The sweet fruity …
Vert Provence – Mariage Frères
Much like in the case of Rouge Provence, this is a tea I gifted someone who ended up hogging it relentlessly – you know, ‘I swear I saved some for you, but then I was all out of tea and I HAD to drink it!’ (Uh-huh.), so it does seem it has a certain suave appeal. In …
Thé des Impressionnistes – Mariage Frères
The first time I smelled this tea, it was so familiar. I’m absolutely elated it only took one more whiff to figure it out, because it’s a weird one and it would have driven me crazy trying to hunt it down. Dry, Thé des Impressionistes smells like… Shea Butter Hand Repair Cream with Cocoa Butter …
Thé Vert Marco Polo – Mariage Frères
When I buy teas, I generally pick them out myself, going on scent alone – this is why so many of my ratings are clustered in the 80-90 range; I know what I’m going to like in the cup. When I procure tea in a different manner, though, anything can happen. For my latest Mariage …
Thé à l’Opéra – Mariage Frères
So what do you do when you have a self-imposed ban on buying more teas? Outsmart yourself, of course. Maybe one of your friends has a small debt to repay. Perhaps said friend is going on a trip. Maybe, just maybe, you refuse cash, but suggest your friend repay you in tea instead? This is …
Safari – Bönor & blad
I’m pretty sure this is the same tea found here: https://www.tehusetjava.se/product/safari-losvikt. Its origin escapes me – all the main tea chains in Sweden seem to share certain blends. I got this for a friend to try, but ended up with some that didn’t fit into the special Gluttonette-fashioned Tea Travel Set™ gift canister. I get no …
Kustfägring (Coastal Beauty) – Bönor & blad
I’m not sure if this is the same tea as this one: http://steepster.com/teas/kahls/30691-kustfagring. I guess it’s possible Bönor & blad sell teas from Kahls, or maybe this is just one of those common blends I never realize is a common blend until I’ve come across it in fifteen different stores. Either way, this is really excellent …