This blend has a pleasant fruity flavor, a bit sweet, but doesn’t pack quite the punch I was expecting. I guess I just assumed it was a breakfast tea, but it’s really more of a light afternoon tea. I get a lot of grape from this, though the label says currant. I guess the flavors are sort of close.
One thing I’m picking up from all these Simpson & Vail teas is this after-effect, more a sensation than a flavor, that I usually associate with decaf tea. It’s hard to put my finger on, kind of a drying of the mouth. I know that’s usually associated with astringency, but none of these teas taste astringent, so I don’t even know what to call it. It’s weird though, because the bases in these teas aren’t even the same, so I don’t know why they would all share this trait.
