The Unicorn!

This is an older tea so I probably should have doubled up on the leaf to coax out more of the flavor. With one teaspoon, it just didn’t taste like much of anything. Again, my fault for letting it age a bit too long in my cabinet. Love the little heart sprinkles though!

Forgot this existed. Inventorying my 52teas tonight because I definitely need to be wasting time on something like this on a weeknight… anyways, ran across this and it sounded AMAZING and I had no recollection of it, so had to try it. Yup – it’s pretty yummy. Nice and smooth and fruity – I taste blueberries in particular, but there’s more than just that. I don’t even know what. I’m really quite enjoying it, though! A very well-crafted cup with lots of nuanced levels of flavour!

This was an interesting one for me. Came across as mostly vanilla fruitness but not red fruit, fruitiness if that makes sense. I don’t know that i could have told you WHICH fruits were in here but it’s still tasty and enjoyable. :)

Fluffy. Fruity. Creamy. Delicious. And since it doesn’t have a year’s worth of sugar in it, I would say it is far superior to its inspiration at Starbucks that coffee shop that shall not be named.

Check out my full review here: http://sororiteasisters.com/2017/12/12/the-unicorn-from-52teas/

And check out my unicorn sweet table here: https://www.instagram.com/p/BRrNA2xFba0/?taken-by=rachel12610

This tea has so many ingredients that don’t sound like they’d go together, but they really do.

It’s fruity and sweet, and the marshmallow and vanilla add a lovely comforting touch. The black tea base is so smooth and yet it is robust enough to still be present despite all the other ingredients. I’ve had it both hot and iced, and it’s lovely both ways. I prefer it iced, but, as of late, it’s also been consistently well over 90°F in the shade here in south Texas.

It’s a lovely tea to have as an afternoon pick-me-up while at work. It’s got some caffeine to get me through the afternoon and it’s sweet enough to keep me from raiding the office kitchen.

Another really nice flavored black tea blend from 52Teas.

As I mentioned in my tasting note of the Dragon – this is the first week of our Anniversary Month (we took over 52Teas in June of 2015!) so for this week, I decided to make not just one but TWO teas for the Tea of the Week – this is one of those teas (the Dragon is the other).

I hot-brewed this and then let it cool for iced tea. I did the hot brew mostly because I forgot to set it to cold brew last night and rather than waiting a few hours to let it cold-brew today, I decided to let the Breville do the work for me.

This tea is really delightful iced. The mango & berry combination offers a lovely sweetness and the vanilla/marshmallow notes give the tea a layer of softness. I usually prefer iced teas to be made with green tea because I often find black teas to be too ‘heavy’ for something I want to be light and refreshing – but the way the flavors come together here, it doesn’t come across as too dense. It has a nice balance – it’s really quite perfect as an iced tea. Sweet and smooth.