A NightPear On Elm Street

I’m pretty sure this is a blend of Adagio’s “Rooibos Caramel” and “White Pear.” I’ve always liked Adagio’s “White Pear” which is fortunate because this a blend like this, no matter how much you shake up the bag, the rooibos falls to the bottom and what is left at the top is mostly just the white tea, so the majority of my cups have just been the pear-flavored white tea with the tiniest hint of caramel rooibos. The white tea is a mix of dewey floral and hay and the pear flavor works really well with it, and it shines even more after I’ve fallen asleep on the couch and wake back up to find an ice-cold cup waiting for me.

Now that I’m on the last cup in the pouch, this cup is all the red rooibos that shifted to the bottom… even with that abundance in this cup, I pretty much just taste the white pear. I get a bit of the woodiness of the rooibos, but the caramel flavor just isn’t popping at all.

I love the idea of caramel flavor mixed with pear, but this tea just doesn’t succeed at it. I do enjoy the pear, but there is no reason to get this over just ordering the plain “White Pear” straight from Adagio.

The description says caramel pear. The reviews say stale walnut. I don’t know if it’s something wrong with my cup or me, but it almost smells boozy to me, and it definitely tastes like something left to ferment. I can kind of tell there’s sweetness in here somewhere, but it’s mostly masked by this awful flavor up front. This is the first tea here I truly could not do at all, which isn’t bad for halfway through, but yikes.

BrutaliTeas Advent, Day 12

BrutaliTeas Advent Calendar 2022 – Day 12

What in the actual heck is this? O.o

So this is supposed to be a pear and caramel tea, but I agree with amandastory516, it legit tastes like an old stale walnut that’s been sitting out for months. Maybe even a black walnut at that – they have a very distinct earthy flavor, of which I am not a fan. There’s a hint of caramel at the end? I think it’s the white tea that’s tasting super musty and weird, with a hint of rooibos woodiness bringing it up in the rear.

I’ll just call it “A Nightmare on Walnut Street” rofl. Very unenjoyable.

My first Brutaliteas review. I cracked up every time I see the title. Imagine a pear in a dark alley with a knife. Menacing yet amusing. I don’t usually do tea with any flavoring (I’ve been noticing some give me headaches) but I wanted to see what this tasted like. It is a swirling tornado of flavors. Rooibos hits first and then the caramel beats it to a pulp and completely takes over. I don’t really taste much of the pear though within the first minute of steeping it was a bit more pronounced. The white tea is too muted for my liking.

Advent Calendar Day 11

I was excited to see a pear-flavored tea today, as there don’t seem to be too many of those out there and I’ve really enjoyed some of the ones I’ve found (e.g. Trader Joe’s White Ginger Pear and The London Tea Room’s Mango Pear White). Interestingly, even though it isn’t listed in the ingredients list, the main thing I’m tasting in this tea is walnut! This is another one that I don’t know how to rate. It actually has a very pleasant smooth, nutty flavor that mingles well with the hay-like notes of the white tea and if the blend were called “toasted walnut” or something, I’d probably give it a high rating. But it’s apparently supposed to be a caramel pear tea and I don’t taste either of those flavors. So not going to rate this, but glad I got to try it!

Sadly another failure of a cup today. Not getting any pear or caramel. Just tastes like an old walnut. Not enjoyable.