Cranberry Chestnut Singbulli Oolong

Tea type
Oolong Tea
Ingredients
Calendula Petals, Cranberries, Oolong Tea, Organic Natural Flavors (Vegan)
Flavors
Berry, Fruity, Nutty, Cacao, Mineral, Butter, Chestnut, Cranberry, Malt, Muscatel, Smooth, Sweet, Tangy, Tart
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Loose Leaf
Caffeine
Not available
Certification
Organic, Vegan
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Average preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 3 min, 45 sec 12 oz / 354 ml

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  • “Will try to get this done before child number one takes my tea from me. She is excited to play with the marbles. This is an interesting blend. A tribute to a ta garden in India mixed with two...” Read full tasting note
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  • “AJRimmer Advent Day 8 What a fun, unique tea! I’d never heard of Singbulli Oolong before, so it was definitely interesting to try an oolong that had such a similar flavor profile to a black tea....” Read full tasting note
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  • “I mostly just taste oolong, which isn’t my preferred tea base. After refrigerating this, more fruit flavor comes out, and I like it a little more. I’m not sure it’s distinctly cranberry, but it’s...” Read full tasting note
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  • “2022 Spring Tea Swap – Day 3 From Emilie! Interestingly enough, the first thing I noticed when I opened the pouch is that it smells like cacao shells. But I don’t think there’s any chocolate in...” Read full tasting note

From 52teas

This blend starts with a Singbulli Oolong. Those of you who are a little more knowledgeable about tea gardens may recognize that Singbulli is the name of a tea garden in the Darjeeling region of West Bengal, India. In other words, a Darjeeling tea estate. There are some tea drinkers that may argue that a Darjeeling is not an Oolong – or vice versa. As for me, when I first tried this Singbulli “Darjeeling Oolong” – it was love at first sip.

So whether you consider this to be an Oolong or just a very fine Darjeeling, hey, that’s cool with me. I love this tea & I’m happy to be sipping it – so whatever you choose to call it, I’m OK with that.

When I drink it without flavoring or other additions, it has a taste that is crisp, sweet & fruity with a lovely nutty undertone. A really pleasant sip. This tea went through several taste tests before I even started to blend it, with me trying to determine the best flavor profiles to add to it. I tasted the nutty tones & I knew that a nutty flavoring would bring those lovely notes forward. The crisp, fruity notes would benefit greatly from a fruit addition, but not a heavily or overly sweet fruit. So, from those various tests, I decided that this should be either a cranberry tea … or a chestnut tea – but which?

Finally I thought – why not both?

So here it is: a blend of cranberry & chestnut flavors, featuring the exquisite Singbulli Oolong tea blended with lots of freeze-dried cranberries & chestnut essence (don’t worry, it’s nut free!). The tea is tart & tangy from the cranberries, sweet & slightly buttery from the chestnuts . . . & crisp & refreshing from the Oolong base! It’s a delightful sip! It’s also organic, vegan, gluten-free, allergen-free & all natural!

organic ingredients: oolong tea, cranberries, calendula petals & natural flavors

to brew: shake the blend gently to make sure the crushed cranberry pieces are distributed throughout the leaf. measure 2 ½ grams of leaf to 12oz of very hot water (180°) & steep for 3 ½ minutes. strain. allow to cool for at least 5 minutes.

This blend absolutely benefits from the 5 minute cool time, so I highly recommend waiting for it – your patience will be rewarded. I didn’t add any sweetener to most of my taste tests & enjoyed it a lot that way. With one of my taste tests, I did add a little bit of raw sugar (less than ½ a teaspoon) & I found that this addition brought out more of the sweeter chestnut notes.

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Adventaggedon Day 17: Tea 6/8

Okay, this was fun and exciting!

I tend to really reliably love 52Tea’s cranberry teas so I was already on board, but I think the idea of combing that bright and jammy cranberry note with something a bit deeper and more nutty/toasty like chestnut is brilliant because it just felt festive through and through and the combination was so dynamic and playful on the palate. I felt like I was experiencing such a wonderful array of sweetness, tartness, umami, bitterness like the drier skin/outside of a nut, and even an almost creaminess as well.

I really, really think I’m going to have to sit with my next mug of this very contemplatively because there’s an elegance and sophistication to this combination alongside just a fun quality that is deserving of a lot more time and attention than what I had this afternoon.

I’m very excited and interested to read Anne’s tasting note/description of this tea!

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