Made a day trip to Old Fashioned Foods (like this combo of vegan/health foods store) the other day; I was looking for jackfruit and Elderflower soda and while I did find both of those things I actually ended up getting a much bigger haul overall; coconut curry bowls, mango crisps, and a box of tea.
I’m not sure if I’ve ever had Pukka tea before – it’s bagged tea so it really hasn’t ever been on my radar; however the packaging is SO CUTE and as I was shopping the store I just found my eyes flicking back to the tea shelf looking at the boxes over and over. I decided I needed to get at least one box; and after skimming the flavour options I chose this one for a couple reasons. Firstly, one of the only kinds of bagged tea that I do actually REALLY like to have on hand is lemon tea because when I feel really sick I don’t like making loose leaf and instead rely very heavily on bagged lemon tea. Also, I thought the combination of lemon and mandarin, verses regular orange, was really interesting and I wanted to see if they could actually get the flavour of mandarin orange clearly across.
My first impression is kind of… ‘meh’ .
I mean, the lemon comes through pretty clearly and nicely so I know I definitely wont have trouble finishing this one off as a ‘sick’ tea for those times I just can’t bring myself to do it up as loose tea. The mandarin didn’t really become noticeable until after a good ten minutes of steeping (I had left the teabag in the mug) – but once it was noticeable it was distinctly mandarin and not just typical orange. Another thing I observed was that there’s lots of licorice root sweetness in this one; and that’s a good thing if you’re sick and want something soothing for your throat, but otherwise? Definitely not my favourite flavour…
So, decent tea overall; but ultimately I wanted it as a sick tea option and I think that’s what I’m getting so I’m happy with the buy.
