Thank you very much to Ricky for sending me a sample of this. I was quiet overwhelmed by the aroma of the dry leaves. They really smelt like a rose bush. It didn’t smell overly synthetic at all.
And it tastes like a rose—just like a rose. I like strong flavors and I like it when teas defy expectations. No daintiness at all here: it’s really like a rose. The tea gets lost amidst the rose.
I had a bunch of conflicting contradictory thoughts. I wanted more tea in my roses. Yet this tea was heavily evocative. I could imagine it being drunk by the Pre-Raphaelite painters. I could imagine it being on foot lotion or in perfume, as others have noted.
Most of all it made me really miss my mother. It’s one of those times when I really wish I could call her up and say “You wouldn’t believe what I just drank!” And she’d get excited. And we would have a long talk ranging from roses to beverages to a special bush that somebody planted in 1904.
So it is certainly an old-fashioned experience for me although I imagine that the ability to infuse tea with such exceptional flavor must be a newish technique.
I have no idea if I will wake up in a few days or a few weeks or a few months and NEED to buy a full container of this or if it will waft away into oblivion like yesterday’s perfume. I’m certainly glad I tried it but I wonder if it isn’t simply a novel-Tea.
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I thought I was the only one who woke up and decided that I NEEDED to buy some tea that I previous said “meh” about. :)
Scent is a powerful thing. Flex shampoo reminds me of my mother. Or how I remember my mom when I was little. Flex shampoo has been discontinued for years, I think.
Yes, scent is very powerful. My mother used to love Tea Rose and sprayed it on her clothes—even though it was not a costly scent. Tea, which involves scent and taste, sometimes gets to me in unexpected ways. I love smoky teas right now but started out scorning them a bit. Something snapped and now I must begin every day with one. This rose tea might disappear from my consciousness or it might start screaming “Buy me, buy me!”
Chanel no. 5 will always remind me of my mom. It was her favorite.
I like rose teas, but they are pretty powerful. A little dab will do me for a while. I could see keeping a very small amount around for when the time is ripe but I could never drink it every day.
Rose teas are one of my must have teas. Good on their own or spiced with milk added like a chai. It’s also a great tea to drink when you’re having chocolates or something with chocolate in it.
Isn’t it great that I don’t have to associate Rose with lotion or body spray or mothers =]. When I smell rose I think of a bouquet of flowers ;)
I suspect rose tea is something I’ll rather like but don’t think that I will like it all. Similar to jasmine tea.
I thought I was the only one who woke up and decided that I NEEDED to buy some tea that I previous said “meh” about. :)
Scent is a powerful thing. Flex shampoo reminds me of my mother. Or how I remember my mom when I was little. Flex shampoo has been discontinued for years, I think.
Yes, scent is very powerful. My mother used to love Tea Rose and sprayed it on her clothes—even though it was not a costly scent. Tea, which involves scent and taste, sometimes gets to me in unexpected ways. I love smoky teas right now but started out scorning them a bit. Something snapped and now I must begin every day with one. This rose tea might disappear from my consciousness or it might start screaming “Buy me, buy me!”
Chanel no. 5 will always remind me of my mom. It was her favorite.
I like rose teas, but they are pretty powerful. A little dab will do me for a while. I could see keeping a very small amount around for when the time is ripe but I could never drink it every day.
Rose teas are one of my must have teas. Good on their own or spiced with milk added like a chai. It’s also a great tea to drink when you’re having chocolates or something with chocolate in it.
Isn’t it great that I don’t have to associate Rose with lotion or body spray or mothers =]. When I smell rose I think of a bouquet of flowers ;)
I suspect rose tea is something I’ll rather like but don’t think that I will like it all. Similar to jasmine tea.