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Oh, this is a great iced tea! Just the right delicacy of the cherry flavor.

It’s nice, but it’s nothing particularly special.

…I get no bergamot here, not to smell and not to taste. Nothing citrus. Nothing but a generic sort of green-tea taste. Well, and some bitterness when I tried steeping it longer in case that brought out more flavor.

Huh. This tastes like I stirred in a big spoonful of honey! It’s a very herbal-tea taste; I wouldn’t have said it had any tea-tea in it at all. It’s a very nice herbal tea, though, fruity without being tart, with the occasional tantalizing peppery note. I think I want more!

Yes, I was right: very light and lovely! I can see why Gingko compared it to a green style Tie Guan Yin — it’s got that same flowery sweetness to it. This one seems a bit earthier, but definitely in the same family. It only lasted through a few steeps, but it was really great while it lasted!

I mug-brewed two bits of this with a few wild purple chrysanthemum flowers, and it turned out very nice. The heaviness of this tea brought the chrysanthemums down to a more afternoon-tea level, I think.

However, here’s the crazy part: when I finished my mug, I took a look at the unfurled leaves, and then I went and got my camera and some fresh tea for a comparison shot:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cait_tea/4585160941/in/set-72157623664718933/

How does that fit?!

Gah, trying to put in a tasting note via my phone is almost impossible. Plz to be having an Android app soon, yes?

Anyway: I like this tea a lot more mugbrewed. It gets bitter, but in a really juicy and pleasing way. Not at all a morning tea, but very nice at the end of the afternoon.