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“This really stays true to its ingredients – the berries and the bergamot especially. Most prominent is the raspberry, and it’s so sincere that I almost expect to taste and feel the crunch of...” Read full tasting note
“Initially, I felt that the bergamot was far too present on this inspired berry marshmallow fluff tea. Then, as it cools a bit, the bergamot begins to back down to manageable levels. Nice cup. ...” Read full tasting note
“Lugging this around in a carry cup on this appallingly humid day. Berry goodness. I’d like more vanilla, but perhaps that’s a familiar refrain from me. I’m sitting on university campus and am jus...” Read full tasting note
“I believe I commented on someone’s post that I didn’t remember this tea but desperately wanted it. As luck would have it – I had a taster pouch! And it was delightful. Anne definitely works some...” Read full tasting note
Tea of the Week for April 24, 2017!
Most of our blends with marshmallow root are genmaicha blends and I love those, of course, but I also have a fondness for marshmallow root in other types of teas. Marshmallow root has become one of my favorite herbs to work with because it softens/lightens a tea and adds a really delightful fluffy marshmallow-y taste to the cup at the same time.
With this blend, I started with a base of organic black teas from China and India. To those, I added an abundance of berry flavor – strawberry, blackberry & raspberry! – and some vanilla bean and bunch of marshmallow root. Then I added just a kiss of bergamot and a barely there hint of bourbon essence. It may seem like there’s a whole lot going on with this blend – but the focus starts on the black tea and then makes way for the berry and marshmallow notes. The other flavors add just a hint of something else in the background – like a little surprise “treasure” for your palate to discover!
This is a very tasty tea – bursting with delicious berry flavor with a soft, fluffy marshmallow background note.
organic ingredients: black teas, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, marshmallow root, vanilla bean & natural flavors
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Mastress Alita’s sipdown challenge Sunday, September 19th: Talk Like a Pirate Day Tea #1
Rather than any sad attempt from me to talk like a pirate in a tea note (I’m sure anyone else who tried writing a tea note like a pirate would do a better job than me), I wanted to pick some teas that might seem pirate themed. This one works! Buried (berried) treasure! I might drink this the most of any tea and it is now almost gone. So much fluffy marshmallow root! And that is only one of the reasons I love this tea.
This weeks Tea of the Week – I love this blend even more than I expected to. I am a huge fan of bergamot and I have really taken a liking to how nicely it plays with berry flavors. This blend is more berry than it is bergamot – I just wanted a hint of bergamot for this. I find that the bergamot is most noticeable when the tea is still quite hot so if you’re one who takes a sip before the “waiting/cooling period” to let the flavors develop, you’ll notice the bergamot strongest then.
After the 10 minutes or so cooling time, the bergamot becomes more of a background note – something that just perks the flavors up a bit without tasting strongly/definitively of bergamot.
The berries here are difficult to pick out – that is to say, I’m not certain where the blackberry ends and the strawberry or raspberry begins. It’s more of a medley of the three berry flavors. The marshmallow adds a lovely softness to this – toning down some of the tartness of the berry that would have been otherwise accentuated by the bergamot – as one who prefers things a little less tart – I appreciate the soft, fluffy marshmallow-y flavor here.
Sweet, creamy and just a little bit tart.
