Yay, my Palais des Thés advent calendar order arrived! I’ve ordered four tea advents so far this year and now have two of them on my shelf, along with a jam advent. I’m going to very busy with tea drinking this December!
Along with the advent calendar, I ordered this and the other Louvre tea, as both sounded delicious and the art is lovely. I chose sachets as I didn’t want to buy 100g and have it be wasted. I was pleasantly surprised that the sachets are actually individually wrapped as well, so I don’t need to worry as much about them degrading over time. Plus they’re made of linen, like Kusmi’s, which I always somehow find charming.
Anyway, on to the tea! This is a green tea base with apple, quince, and plum flavors. I don’t have a lot of experience with quince, as it’s not very common here in the United States, but I’ve had quince preserves and they reminded me of pear with a touch of apple. This tea has a strong, fruity dry and steeped aroma, but the taste is quite mild.
The beginning of the sip is mostly the base tea, which is pleasant enough but generic and grassy. The fruity flavors come in mid-sip and then dominate the end and aftertaste. I do mostly taste pear, and there is some stonefruit as well, though I don’t know if I would pick it out as plum specifically. The pear has a lovely honeyed flavor.
The flavors here are lovely, but I do wish they were a bit stronger overall. This is similar to the Thé des Divas that I had recently in that it’s a bit too subtle, which keeps it from being a truly great tea. Still pleasant though, and I don’t regret ordering some. :)
Flavors: Dry Grass, Grass, Honey, Pear, Stonefruit, Sweet, Tart
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Wow so many advents! Can’t wait to hear about them. And a jam advent sounds amazing!
I really enjoyed the jam advent when I had it a couple of years ago, so I figured I would do it again. So much toast! :P
I saw the jam advent by Bon Maman last night at World Market! Pricey, but I bet I would love it.
I didn’t find it that unreasonable considering it’s all mini-jars. I think it was $35 on Amazon?
Wow so many advents! Can’t wait to hear about them. And a jam advent sounds amazing!
I really enjoyed the jam advent when I had it a couple of years ago, so I figured I would do it again. So much toast! :P
I saw the jam advent by Bon Maman last night at World Market! Pricey, but I bet I would love it.
I didn’t find it that unreasonable considering it’s all mini-jars. I think it was $35 on Amazon?