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drank Lychee Fruit by Silk Road
871 tasting notes

From the Great Canadian TTB.

It is so hard to find a GOOD lychee tea. There are some good ones out there but a lot of them are very perfumey. And a lot of them are not specifically a black tea.

This one smells delicious. It is quite authentic lychee smelling with a bit of floral smell, but not perfumey at all.

The brewed tea is delicious. The black tea is light to moderately bold. It is smooth. There is a very light lychee flavours that just pokes out over the black tea. Again, to me it tastes quite natural lychee. There is a bit of fruity floral taste that mixes well with the tea. No perfume, no chemical, no astringency, no artificial tastes. Just deliciousness!

There are a few other blends from Silk Road in the TTB and I am excited to try them. Fingers crossed they are all was good as this one.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 2 min, 0 sec
Stephanie

I love lychee flavored stuff when done well :)

Lala

I know. I love lychee and lychee flavoured things but it seems quite hard to get just right.

ashleyelizabeth

Iam so glad you liked it. I didn’t find that it tasted much like lychee. I could tell it was in there but I found it tasted kind of strange, mainly like tobacco. Have you tried butiki’s lychee oolong, that had been my favourite lychee tea so far.

Roswell Strange

I just finished a cup of Butiki’s lychee oolong. DEFINITELY in love. It was SO good – perhaps my perfect lychee tea. In regard to black lychee teas, the sample I got from RiverTea was probably the best lychee black I’ve ever had (it was called The Tea of Kings).

Lala

I have tried lychee oolong from Butiki and it is very good. I think silk road’s tea is a great lychee black.

Sil

i liked the lupicia lychee tea…i think it was one of the san francisco limited blends..

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Stephanie

I love lychee flavored stuff when done well :)

Lala

I know. I love lychee and lychee flavoured things but it seems quite hard to get just right.

ashleyelizabeth

Iam so glad you liked it. I didn’t find that it tasted much like lychee. I could tell it was in there but I found it tasted kind of strange, mainly like tobacco. Have you tried butiki’s lychee oolong, that had been my favourite lychee tea so far.

Roswell Strange

I just finished a cup of Butiki’s lychee oolong. DEFINITELY in love. It was SO good – perhaps my perfect lychee tea. In regard to black lychee teas, the sample I got from RiverTea was probably the best lychee black I’ve ever had (it was called The Tea of Kings).

Lala

I have tried lychee oolong from Butiki and it is very good. I think silk road’s tea is a great lychee black.

Sil

i liked the lupicia lychee tea…i think it was one of the san francisco limited blends..

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I am a lifetime tea lover.

I did foray into the world of coffee for a period of time, but I returned to my true love. I still, however, enjoy a good cup of java.

My all time favorite tea is Earl Grey, which I drink every morning, the stronger the bergamot the better. I definitely prefer natural oil of bergamot to artificial flavouring.

I mostly like black and dark oolong teas. My current favs are Fujian blacks, Keemun and Assams, and Wuyi oolongs. I gravitate towards anything with lychee in it. I also drink a lot of herbal blends but am wary of hibiscus. I do not favour mate, or pu’erh tea, although I have found a few blends that I like. (I so badly want to like straight pu’erh tea but it all tastes gross to me. I keep trying though). Rooibos, green and white teas fall somewhere in the middle. I find myself gravitating towards heavily roasted oolongs and teas from Paris/France based companies.

I love iced teas and cold brews.

My current tea goal is to make the perfect cup of chai from scratch – almost there…I think.

I am in love with the whole experience of tea.

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