I’ve been excited to try this one ever since Amariel sent me a bag of it in our swap. I’ve put it off until I had a nice weekend morning to take the time to enjoy it and give a good description of it here. I think it’s so interesting that this blend include five teas – two black teas, one pu’er tea, one oolong tea, and one white tea. I’m not sure how it will work out since each of those is typically steeped so differently, but I’m going to follow the directions on Verdant’s website and see how it goes.
After steeping for the recommended 30 seconds, both the tea leaves and the liquid have that same roasted quality that I always seem to notice in an oolong tea. It’s like fresh, crusty bread. I can also smell the black tea in the wet leaves though not so much in the tea liquid. The taste is the same as the aroma, a pleasant roasted flavor. I like this even better as it cools. I think the flavors of the black tea are coming out a little more.
This is a wonderful tea to have with today’s breakfast – a Conecuh sausage biscuit slathered with mango lime jam. Thanks again to Amariel for sharing!
Flavors: Bread, Roasted
