I took a smell of the loose leaf for this tea and thought that it didn’t smell quite like any of the other fruity or berry teas I had tried. Brewed up, the berry notes are somewhere between strawberry and blueberry, not too dark but definitely sweet. The redeeming flavors come from the more floral notes, which are not quite jasmine, not quite lavender, but something else. The elderflowers look adorable in the blend too. Beneath both the floral and fruity, there’s the white tea core. I’m not quite able to describe this white tea flavor, and it’s not always my favorite accent. There is a sort of lightly earthy, or deep crushed foliage flavor, not grassy like a green but not mineral like a pu erh; almost savory at times. This tea is for white tea fans, or for something elegant for spring. A little too sweet for me to get all the time, but a nice flash of spring for one cup.
Flavors: Blueberry, Butter, Earth, Floral, Flowers, Strawberry
