So Emma Chamberlain’s very TikTok viral coffee line has (relatively) recently branched into tea as well, so of course a bunch of people around the office were curious what the quality would be like. I think we ended up ordering one of everything – just for the tea though – so reviews on all of those eventually…
This one comes in overwrapped sachets – I love the cute like praying mantis on the packaging. Each of her products has an animal motif assigned to it, and I thought this one was just really fitting. There’s very little that frustrates me more, though, than incorrect or incomplete ingredient lists and I definitely think that’s the case here. On the box, overwrap, and website this tea is explicit described as a straight green tea with “citrusy and jasmine notes” but open opening up the sachet it’s immediately apparent that it’s actually just blatantly a jasmine green tea.
It’s actually kind of hard to tell, drinking the tea, whether it’s jasmine scented or flavoured – but I didn’t see any evidence as the tea was steeping to indicate flavouring (sometimes you can see oil/alcohol based flavourings ‘separate’ in the liquor as the leaf steeps). I only wonder if it may have been flavouring because the jasmine was quite intense in taste and also a little too “perfectly sweet”. It was actually pretty nice though! Very smooth, and no off notes. I’m not sure that the quality seems evenly matched with the price tag but I suppose half of what you’re paying for it more the branding and name of the influencer and not the product itself.
I just wish the tea was actually described as a jasmine green tea because that’s 100% what it is…