Do I know what mulberries taste like? No. Yet, I have this and another mulberry tea sitting in my sample container, just begging to be enjoyed. RiverTea’s Mulberry Magic is next up.
Having said that, I was a bit leery to try this. I know there’s papaya something-or-other in it, having read other people’s notes. My first (and only) run-in with papaya was in high school during a writing course – and if you’re friends with me on Facebook you likely read this story already from two of my classmates way back when. Long story short: my inspiring, amazing prof (who at one time brought in a chunk of the then newly-demolished Berlin Wall) brought in an “unknown fruit” for us to try, and then write about. I HATED it. I wanted to puke. Floral mango-y sweetness? No thanks. So I wrote about it, and my classmates then still remember my vitriol today. It’s been more than 20 years now… Bah, how am I old enough to say that?
Anyway. This tea. It’s really pleasant, and while I do recognize the floral sweet notes of the papaya in here, plus other floral notes that are relatively subdued, there’s something light berry-ish that makes me think of summer, and then the lovely base that I’m really enjoying. I thought I overleafed, and wished I’d put the whole sample in now, because it is slightly weak. Still, I could see myself trying to find more of this, perhaps when my cupboard is a bit more… normal. Human. Less showing the world I have a tea obsession. ;)
Flavors: Berries, Flowers
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My grandmother has a mulberry tree in her back garden, they’re lovely!
(Though I’m not a huge fan of raw papaya either – albeit less vitriolically so!)
There are mulberry trees in the area and they can be such a nuisance tree… seedlings come up everywhere. I have to admit that I’ve never tried them, that I know of. They can be pretty trees, but because they come up everywhere… flowerbeds seem to be their favorite spot, we tend to cut them out.
My grandmother has a mulberry tree in her back garden, they’re lovely!
(Though I’m not a huge fan of raw papaya either – albeit less vitriolically so!)
There are mulberry trees in the area and they can be such a nuisance tree… seedlings come up everywhere. I have to admit that I’ve never tried them, that I know of. They can be pretty trees, but because they come up everywhere… flowerbeds seem to be their favorite spot, we tend to cut them out.