This might be the first from Teakruthi that I did not enjoy. I guess I blindly went for samples of their fruity black teas, hoping the fruit would be similar to their lovely Emerald Green. So I was ignoring the fact that these fruity black teas had hibiscus. And there is a lot of hibiscus here. The first time I steeped it normally, and I was mainly tasting an earthy tart hibiscus. I didn’t love it, but re-steeped the leaves anyway. Much of the same flavor. I don’t like it. Then I thought to steep up fresh leaves but take out most of the hibiscus. I tried, though there was still a lot of hibiscus. I guess the flavor was mostly the same, just muted. Very tart. Somehow the hibiscus in the blend also looks close to the black tea. I was expecting much more from this blend, as there are so many great fruits here: mango, pineapple, papaya, banana. But it’s like all of those were missing and I was drowning in hibiscus. Please remove the hibiscus from this, Teakruthi! The other fruits can stand on their own.
(Also I was thinking Mastress Alita would be the perfect person to send this to, but then remembered there is banana in it… or supposedly banana here anyway. So I won’t try to send it.)
Flavors: Hibiscus
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If anyone has any teakruthi teas in their cupboard, please read my new tasting note I just posted about this one.
Banana is a firm no for me, ’tis true. But I think the bugs would be an even firmer no. :-) But I appreciate the thought, I do love rescuing unloved hibi teas!
Yeah, I’m very glad I didn’t just hurry up and mail this to you. lordy. So now I’m very glad I realized there was banana in it.
If anyone has any teakruthi teas in their cupboard, please read my new tasting note I just posted about this one.
Banana is a firm no for me, ’tis true. But I think the bugs would be an even firmer no. :-) But I appreciate the thought, I do love rescuing unloved hibi teas!
Yeah, I’m very glad I didn’t just hurry up and mail this to you. lordy. So now I’m very glad I realized there was banana in it.