No rating, because I think I screwed up somehow this.
A sample, so kindly sent by LaFleurBleue and my very first TWG tea (first singaporean tea as well). I am very fond of mangoes, am pretty fond of a green tea with Mango I have and love a black tea with peach and vanilla I own. And somehow mangoes and peaches have a certain similarity in my mind.
But something went wrong. The dry leaf smells like mangoes with a hint of sharpness I can not define. I brewed it up hot but not too much leaf and there was a pine quality to the tea which baffled me. Mango yes, but peculiar. As the tea got colder definite bourbon vanilla notes as well. Peculiar! Must experiment, I think it was probably too hot, will try much colder water and for longer.
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I haven’t tried this one yet, but have also been baffled by some other of their blends for which the brew was different from what I expected. I’ll have to try it soon…
There was a very pine-resin like note and some hibiscus-like tartness. Very very weird – I think I brew it wrong but even on the dry leaf there is a note, maybe hibiscus like? not hibiscus but something tart. but as I said, i got to experiment!
I haven’t tried this one yet, but have also been baffled by some other of their blends for which the brew was different from what I expected. I’ll have to try it soon…
There was a very pine-resin like note and some hibiscus-like tartness. Very very weird – I think I brew it wrong but even on the dry leaf there is a note, maybe hibiscus like? not hibiscus but something tart. but as I said, i got to experiment!