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Finally drinking some tea from the JusTea trio sets I bought in September! We won’t discuss the fact that I just ordered their holiday trio a couple of days ago, without having tried any of their other teas. Oops? It’s hard to resist the combination of holiday tea, beautiful packaging, and supporting a great cause…
This is a very flavorful and high quality tea, but wasn’t a favorite for me. I’m not sure if it’s because it was next to their Earl Grey in the trio, but it has a very noticeable floral-esque sort of note to it for me. Which is odd because I read some of the other notes and didn’t see anyone mention that, so that’s why I’m wondering if it’s a scent contamination thing. Otherwise it’s fairly smooth, has a nice deep, slightly tart fruitiness to it and a hint of a vegetal note. Almost a bit winey, like a Qimen tea. It does remind me a bit of a Sri Lankan black tea as well, with that underlying “tea” flavor and metallic character.
Very nice tea though! I would be interested to try it again, in a format where it wasn’t stored next to the Earl Grey, and see if it tastes different.
Flavors: Dried Fruit, Floral, Fruity, Grape Skin, Green Beans, Metallic, Perfume, Red Fruits, Red Wine, Smooth, Tart, Tea, Vegetal
