Dangit, I was really looking forward to this tea!
I got home last night and wasn’t sure what to drink out of 908039284903809483209840932 teas so I chose something that sounded juicy. Unfortunately, both of the steepings of this tea has no fruit flavor at all. The oolong flavor was okay, but when you’re expecting tangerine to pop out it just doesn’t do it. I would have settled for vivid dreams as I sipped it without the tangerine though… that didn’t happen either (not that I expected it to). The appearance was nice, green oolong with orange pieces in there but they just don’t show up on my tongue :/

kieblera5

I agree. I felt the same way about this.

Liquid Proust

I have a handful more of their oolongs… I really hope they are not like this, but it was odd because I could see the fruit and not taste it at all.

mkstea

I guess we will have to work on adding more tangerine flavor. It can be tough because I didn’t want to overpower the base, as people often complain about fruity teas being a little overly fruity and not enough tea flavor. It is a pendulum that is very difficult to predict, in terms of adding the flavor. Sometimes the results are fruity, other times they are not. I suppose that explains the differing results I have seen so far. Keep in mind we are a new company, so we are always fine-tuning our recipes. Oolong tea blends in particular are difficult.

Liquid Proust

I completely understand not wanting to overpower the tea with any flavor at all. To be honest, if you were to take mildly roasted or darker oolong and made it a tangerine creamsicle, you would have many people trying it out. It just came to me because I could easily drink some phoenix oolong while eating a creamsicle. That is different though… I think if you amped the flavoring on this tea a bit you can market it as having two steeps; the difference would be strength.

mkstea

Thanks for the feedback, I’ll definitely try out some experiments on this one. If you’re interested, I can send you a free sample if you want to give me some more feedback.

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kieblera5

I agree. I felt the same way about this.

Liquid Proust

I have a handful more of their oolongs… I really hope they are not like this, but it was odd because I could see the fruit and not taste it at all.

mkstea

I guess we will have to work on adding more tangerine flavor. It can be tough because I didn’t want to overpower the base, as people often complain about fruity teas being a little overly fruity and not enough tea flavor. It is a pendulum that is very difficult to predict, in terms of adding the flavor. Sometimes the results are fruity, other times they are not. I suppose that explains the differing results I have seen so far. Keep in mind we are a new company, so we are always fine-tuning our recipes. Oolong tea blends in particular are difficult.

Liquid Proust

I completely understand not wanting to overpower the tea with any flavor at all. To be honest, if you were to take mildly roasted or darker oolong and made it a tangerine creamsicle, you would have many people trying it out. It just came to me because I could easily drink some phoenix oolong while eating a creamsicle. That is different though… I think if you amped the flavoring on this tea a bit you can market it as having two steeps; the difference would be strength.

mkstea

Thanks for the feedback, I’ll definitely try out some experiments on this one. If you’re interested, I can send you a free sample if you want to give me some more feedback.

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