Cold Brew!
Realizing right now, in this moment, just how heavily I fixated on different melon flavoured teas over the course of this vacation…
This tastes heavily, heavily familiar to me and I think that maybe I know why but I think I’ll need to taste it a few more times in the future to be totally sure. Regardless, I thought the watermelon flavour was just phenomenal. Definitely sweet and candy like, with that Jolly Rancher edge that just tastes so good cold brewed. It’s almost got a bit more of a berry undertone to it, like strawberry, but perhaps that’s my brain imagining things because of all the goji berries that have been added to the blend (which are beautiful).
I don’t actually taste nearly as much jasmine as I expected to, and the heady florals that do come through are mostly backend undertones that merge near seamlessly with the natural floral character of the greener oolong base. In a way, that’s a relief to me. I think the combination of jasmine and watermelon is really interesting, but I would not have wanted it to overtake the melon at all and the more nuanced floral elements actually makes it come off as much more elevated of a profile than an assault of jasmine would have.
Colour me impressed!
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Regarding the tasting familiar part, I haven’t tried my sample of this yet, but the leaf both looks and smells very similar to the Metropolitan Tea Company watermelon oolong wholesale tea that I’ve tried before. And the ingredients seem to align as well, so maybe Deb used that as a base for this blend?
Yes, I’m about 99% sure that’s the case ;) It’s a fun balancing act of not wanting to out ALL the different sources of the tea companies I buy from – it’s almost a little too easy to identify the wholesalers they’re working with now, heh…
Yeah true, this one is a bit difficult to hide with those plum flowers that I don’t think I’ve ever seen in any other tea, heh…
Regarding the tasting familiar part, I haven’t tried my sample of this yet, but the leaf both looks and smells very similar to the Metropolitan Tea Company watermelon oolong wholesale tea that I’ve tried before. And the ingredients seem to align as well, so maybe Deb used that as a base for this blend?
Yes, I’m about 99% sure that’s the case ;) It’s a fun balancing act of not wanting to out ALL the different sources of the tea companies I buy from – it’s almost a little too easy to identify the wholesalers they’re working with now, heh…
Yeah true, this one is a bit difficult to hide with those plum flowers that I don’t think I’ve ever seen in any other tea, heh…