Kind of wish I wasn’t the first to review this one; it’s one I’d really like to compare notes with other people on…
I grabbed it originally because I was really curious to explore another butterfly pea flower tea; they’re so fascinating/pretty and I liked that this seemed like one that both actually had tea in it/wasn’t herbal but also because it seemed like one that wouldn’t be fruity, and so far I’ve only experienced fruity butterfly pea flower teas. I’ve never heard of ‘Blue Moon Ice Cream’ before so I didn’t know what it was supposed to taste like, but I was ready to find out!
This is kind of weird – however it’s a pleasant sort of weird. I thought that overall the tea was sweet and smooth, but it didn’t have much distinct flavour to it? I mean it certainly didn’t remind me of ice cream, and it wasn’t exactly vanilla or anything like that? Mostly it tastes kind of creamy-ish from the marshmallow leaf but like a half-hearted kind of creamy? It also has a very slight lemony sort of undertone to it. But even factoring those two things into account here there was just something about it that was both non-descript and indescribable. It’s got a flavour to it, but not the strongest one and not one I can easily put my finger on. Which frustrates me a little.
Also, as far as the aesthetics go – it is pretty but it steeps up more of a dark teal sort of green rather than a true “blue” colour, which was a touch disappointing. Still nice to look at overall though…
Someone else needs to try this one though so I can compare notes!
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I’ve never heard of blue moon ice cream before either but apparently it’s supposed to taste like Froot Loops or Fruity Pebbles (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Moon_(ice_cream)). Does the tea taste anything like that?
Hmmm…
I guess I can kind of see the comparison? I did find it citrusy/lemony so that’s on the right track. I think I’d have to try it again with that in mind though to really get a read on it.
Blue Moon ice was a classic back in the 50’s I believe. It’s supposed to taste kind of like a creamy blue raspberry. Tried it once at a parlor. One of my grandparents remembers it growing up.
I have a butterfly peaflower tea that isn’t fruity… it’s called “Blue Suede Shoes” and comes from English Tea Store and has a green tea base and sort of a… vanilla-like taste? In fact, the way it tastes almost sounds how you are describing this, kind of creamy-like but in more of a half-hearted way. It wasn’t my favorite and I ended up keeping a small sampler for myself but gifting out the rest in a traveling teabox. I do have a bag of plain ol’ peaflowers that I like adding to iced teas for their presentation.
Blue Moon is a very Illinois/Wisconsin/Upper Pennisula Michigan thing. I don’t know that I’ve actually seen it anywhere else. Which is why I absolutely wanted to play with it!
The flavor is really hard to pin down and every company has a slightly different twist on it. No one in my family agrees on what Blue Moon actually tastes like lol.
In any case, I always thought it tasted like fruit loops milk with almond cookies. Hopefully that helps! :)
I got this one too! Haven’t written a note yet but I recall thinking something was very familiar about the taste of it. I think “blue raspberry” may have been my guess, though I’ll need to try it again when I have the chance to actually think about it.
I’ve never heard of blue moon ice cream before either but apparently it’s supposed to taste like Froot Loops or Fruity Pebbles (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Moon_(ice_cream)). Does the tea taste anything like that?
Hmmm…
I guess I can kind of see the comparison? I did find it citrusy/lemony so that’s on the right track. I think I’d have to try it again with that in mind though to really get a read on it.
Blue Moon ice was a classic back in the 50’s I believe. It’s supposed to taste kind of like a creamy blue raspberry. Tried it once at a parlor. One of my grandparents remembers it growing up.
I have a butterfly peaflower tea that isn’t fruity… it’s called “Blue Suede Shoes” and comes from English Tea Store and has a green tea base and sort of a… vanilla-like taste? In fact, the way it tastes almost sounds how you are describing this, kind of creamy-like but in more of a half-hearted way. It wasn’t my favorite and I ended up keeping a small sampler for myself but gifting out the rest in a traveling teabox. I do have a bag of plain ol’ peaflowers that I like adding to iced teas for their presentation.
Blue Moon is a very Illinois/Wisconsin/Upper Pennisula Michigan thing. I don’t know that I’ve actually seen it anywhere else. Which is why I absolutely wanted to play with it!
The flavor is really hard to pin down and every company has a slightly different twist on it. No one in my family agrees on what Blue Moon actually tastes like lol.
In any case, I always thought it tasted like fruit loops milk with almond cookies. Hopefully that helps! :)
I got this one too! Haven’t written a note yet but I recall thinking something was very familiar about the taste of it. I think “blue raspberry” may have been my guess, though I’ll need to try it again when I have the chance to actually think about it.