Hymne a L'amour (Hymn of Love)

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Valentine’s Day tea. The scent of this one dry is a little pungent and overpowering – like so many teas of this kind, it reeks of artificial strawberry and rose. In actual fact, though, it’s really nice. The main flavour is a deliciously sweet, slightly sugary, syrupy strawberry. There’s an undercurrent of lychee, which is a little richer and less sweet than the strawberry, and a delicious complement. I can’t really taste rose, but that’s just as well given that it’s not really my thing.

I’m enjoying this one a lot more than I expected to, given the initial scent. It’s not all that unique, as far as valentine’s teas go, but it’s certainly delicious! I’m pleased to have a significant quantity of this one, because it’s a tea I could drink pretty much all year round.

Happy!

I keep doing this thing where I buy teas because they have unusual flavors (like mangosteen, and now this one, with lichee). Then I drink them and I don’t know if they are a good representation of the flavor because I have nothing to compare to. With that said, this is really delicious and I am enjoying it a lot. I would have guessed strawberry and a little chocolate if I hadn’t read the description. There are cute little sugar hearts in it, which I also love.