Trying to decide which tea to start the new year with. Digging in my cupboard uncovered this tea, which I bought a few days short of a year ago. I was on my way to Portugal this day last year where I stumbled on the Casa Pereira shop in Lisbon. We took the trip to see if we would fall in love with Portugal and want to move there like several people we know have done, but the timing and mood wasn’t right to be wooed by a new country. I did enjoy my time there and wish we had stayed longer. Maybe we will go back and visit friends some day.
This tea has chunks of dried strawberries and lots of rosebuds in the mix. The taste is light, a little dusty as it cools. The strawberry flavor comes through although I’m not familiar enough with the taste of champagne to know it other than bitter, dry and sour, which I don’t get in this tea. I’m feeling so-so about this tea and would like to try it cold steeped at some point.
