Lemon & Raspberry

Quick note. I see mixed reviews on this one but I really liked it. It was a very light fruity taste, but it was perfect for one of those super thirsty days. Good sencha. I really like the Bird & Blend teas, at least the ones I tried. They aren’t overly sweet and they don’t have artificial sweeteners. At least the ones I tried.

Lemony, raspberry flavor, a hint of apple. The color threw me off before I tasted it. It’s so… BLUE! lol, It looked like Koolaid. I recommend it and look forward to buying some B&B teas and matcha once I get some more sipdowns. Thanks so much, Tea-Sipper!

B&B sent this free sample in my last order. It brews up blue due to the butterfly pea flower. It actually tastes nicer than I’d imagined! The flavor is lemon and lightly berry. It’s light and tasty. I’m quite pleased with it since I’m not a green tea lover. The flavors are a little more subtle than I prefer, but this is not a bad tea at all.

I received this as a free sample during the Christmas in July sale! Thanks so much, Bird & Blend! I know this is one of the summer blends that B&B intended to be iced. I must mention first that I didn’t ice this any way, shape, or form. I steeped it like a typical green. But I LOVE the way I steeped it… it probably couldn’t be better to my tastes. B&B’s raspberry teas are like no other. They are now my official go-to raspberry teas! It’s such an awesome, unique, full, buzzy, raspberry flavor, even if it’s the “blue” raspberry flavor. I love it. To be honest, I can’t really tell much of a difference between this blend and the Blue Raspberry blend. There should be lemon here, but it isn’t tasting much like lemon. So the raspberry and the green tea tastes mostly like Blue Raspberry. Both blends turn blue. I didn’t notice too much of the apple, rosehips or orange that should be in the blend, which is okay with me. Perfect on a hot day. This one gets a lower rating because these extra ingredients don’t need to be here. So both blends are fantastic, but I’d choose the Blue Raspberry over this one, because it showcases that amazing blue raspberry that I haven’t tasted in ANY other tea anywhere. I’m glad Blue Raspberry is part of the tea wall.
Steep #1 // 1 heaping teaspoon for a full mug // 32 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 // 30 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep

I made raspberry lemonade cupcakes because I’ve been watching two broke girls again and they have a cupcake shop so I’ve been craving cupcakes. Alas, the cupcakes were a lot of work and not really my/my sister’s finest work. They are raspberry lemonade flavor but don’t have nearly enough raspberry or lemonade flavor, especially for all the work involved so not a recipe we’re keeping.

Also, I was sad because the buttercream broke so they didn’t look that nice either. However, I still decided to feature one in my photo so this tea seemed to a good choice for my tea of the day. However like the cupcake, there is not much raspberry or lemon. Mostly green tea base. I cold brewed the rest so hopefully that’s better.

Photo of cupcake and tea: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAES9Ypg9Rz/?igshid=ujp64hmzqjp

ICED time!
Yep, my first ever ICED tea.

And it turned out great!
It is quite freshly citrusy but there is some nice sweet flavour of raspberries. Maybe bit tangy.

Yep, this tea is blue. Kind of strange feeling drinking it. But taste is great. And that is what matters.