Sampler September! Another sampler from my Tea Fest PDX fundraiser bag.
The steeped tea smells strongly of blueberries… with a tarter edge than the sweet and syrupy blueberry I often get from teas that reminds me of a pancake syrup.
The tea has a nice body for a flavored black tea, with a touch of breadiness coming through. The flavor is juicy and fruity; I’ve rarely eaten much huckleberry in my life, so my tongue is tasting blueberry. Sweet, but not syrupy/candy sweet, with a more juicy/fruity edge. Very smooth.
My work thermos will be empty by lunch.
Flavors: Blueberry, Bread, Fruity, Smooth, Sweet
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I just found this tea on another website, but I thought Plum Deluxe made their own blends. Do you know? It looks like this company/business uses a lot of the same blends and photos as Plum Deluxe, so I’m trying to figure it out.
https://decemberlarks.com/collections/loose-leaf-tea/products/huckleberry-black-tea
Actually, after looking at their Instagram it looks like they are just putting their labels on the Plum Deluxe bags. :/
Plum Deluxe makes the claim they “hand-blend” all their teas, but those of us on Steepster became dubious of this claim several years ago when several of us had their advent that year (I recall a banana bread tea that was suspiciously similar in looks/ingredient list to an Adagio tea, and another that appeared to be a Dethlefsen & Balk catalog blend). Some of their teas even currently listed look suspiciously like ones I’ve seen elsewhere, but I’m not going to say if they are cleverly creating dups, buying bases and adding some ingredients here and there and claiming it is then “hand-blended”, or what.
I would assume that at least their photos are legit as they are so uniform, so it is a bit weird to me that other site absolutely looks like they have the exact same photos. Unless they are wholesaling from Plum Deluxe and have some sort of agreement to use their photos too? Dunno.
I didn’t think about wholesale. Hopefully that’s it. It does look like they sell teas from Maya Tea Company as well.
I just found this tea on another website, but I thought Plum Deluxe made their own blends. Do you know? It looks like this company/business uses a lot of the same blends and photos as Plum Deluxe, so I’m trying to figure it out.
https://decemberlarks.com/collections/loose-leaf-tea/products/huckleberry-black-tea
Actually, after looking at their Instagram it looks like they are just putting their labels on the Plum Deluxe bags. :/
Plum Deluxe makes the claim they “hand-blend” all their teas, but those of us on Steepster became dubious of this claim several years ago when several of us had their advent that year (I recall a banana bread tea that was suspiciously similar in looks/ingredient list to an Adagio tea, and another that appeared to be a Dethlefsen & Balk catalog blend). Some of their teas even currently listed look suspiciously like ones I’ve seen elsewhere, but I’m not going to say if they are cleverly creating dups, buying bases and adding some ingredients here and there and claiming it is then “hand-blended”, or what.
I would assume that at least their photos are legit as they are so uniform, so it is a bit weird to me that other site absolutely looks like they have the exact same photos. Unless they are wholesaling from Plum Deluxe and have some sort of agreement to use their photos too? Dunno.
I didn’t think about wholesale. Hopefully that’s it. It does look like they sell teas from Maya Tea Company as well.