Happy Kwanzaa to everyone who celebrates!
I drank this one yesterday, for Christmas. It’s now or never to write a tasting note for this one. I acquired this in the July B&B sale. I’ve already parceled out most of it to others, since I can’t find anything special in this blend. It just isn’t for me even though I LOVE raspberries. I’ve tried it a few times and I just get the same result – tart and sour. No matter how I try steeping it, I feel like the hibiscus just takes over. On the second steep using boiled water, somehow the hibiscus took more of a backseat so that was better. Too many tart ingredients in this blend though. I get wisps of raspberry and the flavor of the base, but it just isn’t enough. The description for this tea kind of mentions percentages on the ingredients and it’s 62% of the other ingredients and they aren’t mentioning the amount of hibiscus and rosehips… I really hope it ain’t 40% rosehips and hibiscus. The description also mentioned steeping at boiling for 4 minutes which I would never do with a Darj…. I do love the idea of a darjeeling with raspberries though. But this one just isn’t my favorite from B&B. It’s good to have a couple blends from B&B I don’t feel I need to keep around though!
Steep #1 // 1 1/2 teaspoons for a full mug// 20 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 // just boiled // 2 minute steep
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Hi! I love tea and trying new ones – it adds a bit of variety to my day! Books, music, TV & movies are my thing… and tea, of course.
Some of my favorite tea shops (still operating):
birdandblendtea.com
teavivre.com
52teas.com
svtea.com
whisperingpinestea.com
justea.com
harney.com
Dammann Freres
fusionteas.com
shop.Javateaco.com
Lupicia
Octaviatea.com
Davidstea.com
eco-cha.com
what-cha.com
singleoriginteas.com
teasenz.com
tealyra.com
Mandalatea.com
verdanttea.com
Favorite tea shops (RIP):
butikiteas.com
steapshoppe.com
steepcityteas.com
aquartertotea.com
dellaterrateas.com
zentealife.com
angrytearoom.com
theteamerchant.net
joysteaspoon.com
tealiciousllc.com
Rivertea
Specialteas
My icon photo is Richard Mayhew from the graphic novel ‘Neverwhere’ by Neil Gaiman, Mike Carey & Glenn Fabry.
Most of the teas listed in my cupboard are actually sample sizes. I don’t really have 2,000 ounces of tea around here! Many of my teas have only one teaspoon left… maybe two. But I like keeping them in my cupboard list for reference to what I could be sipping. Usually, I write tasting notes once for each tea. I’m still drinking them, just not writing tasting notes each time!
I’m always in search of: Hattialli, Qu Hao black, Jin Jun Mei, teas using marshmallow root.
My dislikes: hibiscus, ginger (unless in chai), turmeric, bee pollen, charcoal type flavors
My ratings:
95-100 – Super awesome deliciousness favorites – cupboard essential
80-95 – Also pretty delicious
65-80 – Pretty good
50-65 – Okay
1-50 – Probably won’t want to sip it again
I’m planning on being a Steepsterer as long as there IS a Steepster, so if you’re not hearing from me, that means something happened to my health… if you know what I mean. (Or as evidenced by the great computer hiatus of 2019, something happened to my computer… I have a dumb phone so can’t access internet on that. As of 12/20/21 my wifi might start getting unreliable.)
Happy sipping!
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USA
This one doesn’t sound too great, I agree…but now I can’t get the idea of real raspberry Prosecco out of my head…that sounds delicious!