Blackberries & Cream Shou Mei from 52teas

Blackberries & Cream Shou Mei

Tea type
Fruit White Blend
Ingredients
Blackberry, Organic Chinese White Tea, Organic Natural Flavoring, Organic Vanilla Beans
Flavors
Blackberry, Bread, Cream, Creamy, Custard, Fruity, Hay, Jam, Lemon, Sweet, Vanilla, Butter
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Caffeine
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Edit tea info Last updated by Scheherazade
Average preparation
165 °F / 73 °C 4 min, 15 sec 25 oz / 736 ml

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  • “(52teas (Anne) 2022: 25) 2022 Sipdown 13/365! Oof, never properly reviewed this. Oh well. Maybe a reblend candidate? The final cup was ok – creamy but not really much berry flavour. I’ll give it a...” Read full tasting note
  • “Today’s cold brew. I thought I’d mucked up on this one at first, but then I read a couple of other tasting notes and I think I probably haven’t – it’s just that this is a lightly flavoured tea to...” Read full tasting note
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  • “hmmmm this one is kinda flavourless even with the giant berry in it. I was hoping for a much more pronounced flavour even though it’s a white tea. Sadly this is really light and disappointing. I...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Sipdown (140)! This one’s been on and off of my wishlist for what feels like forever, now. Everything about it sounds really, really good! And I’m elated that it doesn’t disappoint. The blackberry...” Read full tasting note
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From 52teas

The original blend was a Shou Mei base with freeze-dried blackberries and blackberry and cream flavors. We replaced the Shou Mei base with a blend of ORGANIC Chinese white teas: Shou Mei and Pai Mu Tan. I like the way these two teas taste together. The Pai Mu Tan lightens the Shou Mei a little as well as amplifies the fruit-like notes of the white teas.

After I blended these two teas, I added some whole vanilla beans to tea and let them absorb some of that vanilla goodness! When it came time to flavor the leaves, I minced up some of the vanilla bean and tossed it in there along with the white tea, freeze-dried blackberries and all-natural flavors.

Ingredients: Organic Chinese White Teas, organic freeze-dried blackberries, organic vanilla bean, organic natural flavors.

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At 52teas.com, you will find unique, hand-blended artisan loose leaf teas: a new limited edition creation every week of the year. We pride ourselves on offering truly unique, one-of-a-kind tea blends that you won’t find anywhere else.

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This tea had a wonderful aroma of blackberries, which reminded me of summertime. I enjoyed its mild and fruity flavor. I oversteeped it in my French press cup so it ended up being somewhat bitter towards the end, but this was through no fault of the blender. I definitely plan to relish the rest of my stash.

Flavors: Blackberry, Cream, Fruity

Preparation
4 min, 45 sec 3 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML
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This is yummy. I just brewed some of this the other day for a pitcher of iced tea and it was so good iced.

It’s also a great hot tea too. A good balance of sweet-tart berry and sweet creamy goodness. The Shou Mei seemed to really enhance the flavors and be enhanced by them – it was a very harmonious marriage of flavors. I like that the berry doesn’t taste too candy-ish to me.

When Frank starts the white teas with the SBT line, I think he should revisit this flavor as a SBT tea.
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Oh, I’ll like this one! A neighbor’s blackberries were pretty much a highlight of my summer last year AND there are even more this year! So so good… in yogurt, ice cream, oatmeal and shortcake! Paired with a Shou Mei, blackberries sound perfect. There isn’t too much cream flavor, but plenty of sweet ripe blackberry flavor. The pouch says there should be actual blackberries here, I don’t see them, but at first glance I didn’t see the blueberries in the Blueberry Danish either. The white tea is a perfect pairing with the blackberry. I don’t think it really needs the cream anyway, but I love fruity creamy teas.
Steep #1 // 1 tsp // 30 min after boiling // 1 min steep
Steep #2 // 27 min after boiling // 2 1/2 min
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