As promised, a black tea flavored with passion fruit. I don’t think I care for passion fruit flavored teas, at least not this one. It’s not bad, I just don’t have the desire to reach for it when I have 20+ teas that are much better.
The dry leaves have a strong, acidic and tropical passion fruit smell. So strong that it almost hurts my nostrils for some reason. The passion fruit smell in this tea comes across to me as being kind of floral, almost like ylang-ylang or something, which I don’t really like.
The steeped tea has a strong and acidic passion fruit smell too, but obviously not as strong as the dry leaves. The floral smell I don’t really care for is still here.
In the mouth, you get a strong passion fruit flavor first and foremost, along with that floral note, once again. The tea itself is medium-bodied, but for some reason it brews to a lighter brown than most of my other black teas from Harney & Sons.
I don’t have much else to say about this tea. It’s a black tea flavored with passion fruit that comes across to me as being floral which I don’t particularly like. It’s not necessarily bad but not really that good either.
Flavors: Floral, Fruity, Passion Fruit, Tea, Tropical, Tropical Fruit
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I also didn’t love this, especially after I tried a better one. I guess I don’t have a need for passion fruit tea on shelf, and if I recall correctly it was one from American Tea Room or Capitol Teas that had truly lip smacking flavor.
Thanks for your comment, ashmanra! I am sorry not to reply in a timely manner. This is the only passion fruit flavored tea I have tasted and as you can tell, it isn’t my favorite. I don’t think tropical fruit flavored teas are among my favorites in general. I prefer stonefruits, berries and citrus fruits when it comes to fruit flavors. I do, however, absolutely love Harney & Sons Caribe which is flavored with guava. I will post a review soon.
My daughter LOVES Caribe! I look forward to your review!
That’s good to hear! Thanks – I will post a review within the next few days.
I also didn’t love this, especially after I tried a better one. I guess I don’t have a need for passion fruit tea on shelf, and if I recall correctly it was one from American Tea Room or Capitol Teas that had truly lip smacking flavor.
Thanks for your comment, ashmanra! I am sorry not to reply in a timely manner. This is the only passion fruit flavored tea I have tasted and as you can tell, it isn’t my favorite. I don’t think tropical fruit flavored teas are among my favorites in general. I prefer stonefruits, berries and citrus fruits when it comes to fruit flavors. I do, however, absolutely love Harney & Sons Caribe which is flavored with guava. I will post a review soon.
My daughter LOVES Caribe! I look forward to your review!
That’s good to hear! Thanks – I will post a review within the next few days.