Opened the bag of this and was confused. It smells more rose like than sakura like. It also had a very TWG like scent to it, which makes sense with it being a TWG blend, but I’m puzzled now as to what exactly about their teas gives me that impression.
I’m having a hard time picking out the sakura. It comes off more as a general floral blend. I can MAYBE pick out some sakura in the finish, but for a tea named Sakura! Sakura! I expected a shock of sakura. I did just have a cup of another sakura tea with very distinct flavor, but I really feel like this tea should be focusing more on it’s name sake or changing it’s name to Sakura! Rose!.
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Is this a French brand? I’ve found most teas from companies outside of Japan love to use the “sakura” name when the tea itself is usually cherry flavoring mixed with rose petals, with no actual sakura or sakura flavoring ever used.
Mastress Alita: I believe TWG Tea Company actually comes from Singapore, but delivers all around the World. I even had a chance to try their Moroccan Mint here. It was bloody expensive tea bag in local café.
TWG is a company out of Singapore. I believe the background is that the guy who started it had worked for Mariage Freres in Paris and wanted to emulate that specific feel of MF with TWG. I recall TWG stands for The Wellness Group and the company isn’t that old. They have the numbers 1837 in their logo, which is a little misleading because it makes you think that was when the company was established, but it’s another knock off of MF which has the year they were established which was 1854 printed in their logo. The insides of the shops have a very similar look as well. I’ve tried several dozen of TWG’s teas and they don’t really hold a candle to MF. They have interesting sounding ingredients, but the balance and blending seem either off or like they stopped part way to a finished product. Won’t keep me from being excited to go into their store and try new teas tho! I would have expected a company that is selling a sakura tea in Japan where they have seven stores to do a better job on a tea that prominently features a popular national flavor.
Is this a French brand? I’ve found most teas from companies outside of Japan love to use the “sakura” name when the tea itself is usually cherry flavoring mixed with rose petals, with no actual sakura or sakura flavoring ever used.
Mastress Alita: I believe TWG Tea Company actually comes from Singapore, but delivers all around the World. I even had a chance to try their Moroccan Mint here. It was bloody expensive tea bag in local café.
TWG is a company out of Singapore. I believe the background is that the guy who started it had worked for Mariage Freres in Paris and wanted to emulate that specific feel of MF with TWG. I recall TWG stands for The Wellness Group and the company isn’t that old. They have the numbers 1837 in their logo, which is a little misleading because it makes you think that was when the company was established, but it’s another knock off of MF which has the year they were established which was 1854 printed in their logo. The insides of the shops have a very similar look as well. I’ve tried several dozen of TWG’s teas and they don’t really hold a candle to MF. They have interesting sounding ingredients, but the balance and blending seem either off or like they stopped part way to a finished product. Won’t keep me from being excited to go into their store and try new teas tho! I would have expected a company that is selling a sakura tea in Japan where they have seven stores to do a better job on a tea that prominently features a popular national flavor.