It was iced tea. Not particularly, sweet, which I usually consider a bonus. A little bland, though. Mango? It might just has well have been peach or apricot or some other stonefruity brew. Major extra points for the awesome little green anole on the terrace. Iced.
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Tea score: 65
Raspberry Mint Herbal – Teavana
The tins for these four gift teas are so pretty, but since they’re plastered with the name of the tea they’re pretty much useless for anything else. That always rubs me the wrong way. What do you expect me to do with these tins when I’m done with them, Teavana? Anyway, I’m trying to get …
Thai Nguyên – Trà hoa lài (Trà Lài Thái Nguyên) – Natural Vietnam Tea (Nam Nhien Vietnam Tea)
You remember when I checked the no-teas-bought-in-January-challenge box? Right. Thing is, I did buy some teas when I was in Vietnam, but only to give away as gifts. As it turned out, I ended up with one bag too many (it sounds like I broke up with a friend, or something, but I really just …
Green Peach Leaf Tea – Whittard of Chelsea
I’m so caffeinated now the selection process for this one went something like… oh, peach green peach green peach, huh? are there even green peaches? or is it because the tea is green? green peach what a pretty fruit all green but peach like yeah …and then imagine that really pinball-staccato and jittery. I have a …
Happiness – Lupicia
I was so sure I’d reviewed this that I’d put it in the cupboard. The shame. It might have been because it’s not a favourite – this is one that leaves me fairly indifferent. In the bag, the dry leaf smells very boozy, but not a ripe, fruitrotty, autumnal booziness like Marco Polo (vert) from Mariage Frères, …
Tè pesca – Carrefour
I recently picked this up in the grab cupboard of the communal kitchen. That’s an awesome cupboard! As close to a condiment Narnia as you can come. I thought the tea would be green, but it’s black. I also thought it would be vile, but, strangely, it’s not. It’s a very basic, not particularly artificial …
Vanilla – Fru P Kaffe & The
So it’s clearly time to start dipping into the samples from the EU box swap I did. These are chosen on scent and scent alone – I had no clue what it was I was smelling, as I wanted to try to choose as instinctively as possible. It’s easy to get bogged down with recommendations …
Flowery Pineapple Oolong – Butiki Teas
The base tea here is wonderful, and the dry tea gets extra bonus points for the big, lush pieces of pineapple. Scent wise, it’s not for me – I get a sweaty, chemical ginger note I’m guessing is the ‘flowery’ part of the equation, and which reminds me of Kusmi’s ginger-lemon on a bad leaf …
White Symphony – A.C. Perchs Thehandel
Hm, interesting – I didn’t have high hopes for the White Mulberry (What’s a white mulberry, anyway? What’s its purpose?) and there were no reviews to read, really, but I ended up absolutely loving it – this one, on the other hand, was talked up by a certain T, so I thought it would be something …
White Lounge Tea – A.C. Perch’s
So after steeping that White Mulberry for 6 minutes, it wasn’t too daunting to leave this in the basket for 8, in accordance with the instructions on the bag. Dry, this tea smells sweet and fruity. It’s very pretty, all long leaves and flower petals. In the cup, it’s all blackcurrant. And nicely done, too – it’s …