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“Sipdown (610)! This tasted fine to me, but very similar to On Wisconsin – I think that whatever flavour or combo of flavours that Lauren is using for the “Cream Cheese Frosting” taste must be very...” Read full tasting note
“Another new arrival from yesterday! Never has a “cream cheese” flavoured tea actually smelled so tangy. It was strange. The dry leaf has a definite aroma of banana (halfway between runts and...” Read full tasting note
Light bodied banana cake with tangy vanilla cream cheese frosting.
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Sipdown (610)!
This tasted fine to me, but very similar to On Wisconsin – I think that whatever flavour or combo of flavours that Lauren is using for the “Cream Cheese Frosting” taste must be very similar to what she uses for the cheesecake; they have quite comparable sweet, tangy kind of notes. I like On Wisconsin better though – I think the rest of that blend compliment the cream cheese/cheesecake taste better than the rest of this blend compliments it. Hopefully that mouthful of a sentence makes sense…
Also, there’s really not much banana taste to this cup at all and that was really what I was most excited about regarding this blend – so the lack of it in the cup was definitely a bit disheartening.
Thank you for the share though, Kittenna – this was still quite enjoyable, and it scratched a nagging curiosity I had about the blend. I think I’m actually happier that I didn’t love it though: it’s not available on the site and if I had fallen in love with it and not been able to buy a bigger amount I’m sure I’d have felt sad.
Another new arrival from yesterday! Never has a “cream cheese” flavoured tea actually smelled so tangy. It was strange. The dry leaf has a definite aroma of banana (halfway between runts and natural banana – not bad) and tanginess. Once brewed, it’s more vanilla banana cake than anything, and that’s kind of where the flavour is too – the tanginess doesn’t really translate. But, it is tasty enough, and the aftertaste is truly like a banana cake – colour me surprised! The oolong is pairing quite well with the flavours, and probably contributing to the delicious cakiness. Overall a solid banana oolong; would recommend.
Hmm, I wonder if there were banana pieces in the baggie and I missed putting one in your sample, since according to my tasting note I definitely got banana.
Even if there were banana chips/runts in the blend, they likely wouldn’t have contributed too much to the tea flavour wise – most of the time fruit inclusions in tea blends are largely done for visuals, the bulk of dehydrated/dried fruits don’t actually steep out much flavour at all.