Another recently retired tea.
I think this is one of those teas that is probably going to be retired without a lot of outcry/disappointment – it’s been pretty poorly received ever since it first came out and not a lot of people seem to be interested in it. It was a logic tea to retire. Personally, I’m quite upset because I think this blend is delicious and REALLY slept upon.
I think I’ve talked about this in prior tasting notes, but I have a theory that the bulk of the people who are REALLY into this tea are straight tea drinkers who have more of an appreciation for more delicate and nuanced blends that focus more on flavour pairing in a ‘conceptual’ way (verses very straight forward, flavour intense blends meant to recreate a specific flavour) OR people who have tried a very expansive amount of flavoured teas and might have a bit more of a developed palate because of that. That’s not a slight towards people who prefer those very commercial/flavour intense and forward blends that recreate specific flavour profile (ie. the “Cotton Candy” and “Strawberry Rhubarb Parfait” teas) – in fact those tea drinkers represent the majority of DT customer base. It’s because they’re the majority, though, that I think a blend like this didn’t work…
It doesn’t help that it didn’t have a STRONG direction/category that tea guides could bucket it in: “This is a fruity tea”, “This is a floral tea”, “This is a traditional tea”. It was a bit of everything, and not really fully anything.
Such a shame. I love this blend.
#justiceforseaberryspa
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