Origines Tea Advent Calendar – Day 18
This blend is Origines´way to honour its “terroir”, the “vignoble de Bordeaux”, and I think they succeeded in their objective. It contains not only grapes but also vine leaves and a bit of marc (the dry and solid remains after pressing the grapes in the process to make wine), and this surely presents itself in the aroma´s of the dry infusion, where it blends in brilliantly with the raspberry aroma´s. Once steeped, it smells more like an elegant rose (not bad either ;-) ). In mouth the grape and rose fuse together wonderfully, with the hibiscus not overwhelming all the rest in taste. I had it warm, but I can imagine it being as nice as an iced tea, just what Origines also indicates on its web page.
Flavors: Grapes, Hibiscus, Raspberry, Rose, Sweet, Vineyards, White Wine
