Pink Lemonade

Sipdown from, uhh, a couple days ago.

Guys, no internet for 2 weeks was HARD. I tried to keep up at work and on my phone, but I’ve used up most of my phone data for the month. :/

Anyways. I liked it, it was refreshing, I won’t buy more. Iced or cold brewed is best. (This time it was cold brewed.)

Had this today while out for lunch in Victoria. This isn’t a bad little blend and if I didn’t have a mountain of tea at home I would have picked up a bit to bring home. I didn’t have this straight, rather murchies added a bit of fizzy water and simple syrup to the blend. It was a little sweet this way for my tastes but I can imagine this would make a great cold drink for hot summers.

Have you ever had someone that you really cared about online that you had this almost psychic like bond with? That’s me with “Dan” (name changed to protect privacy). We’ve written collaborative stories with one another for over five years and our creativity together mesh so well that he can usually tell what I’m going to write before I even write it. And I can do so for him.

Well for a year or so he took a break from being online to catch up on his reading, gaming and work. He never told anyone and seemed to just disappear… suffice to say naturally I missed him a lot because of the bond. Last night as I was headed to sleep I got a ring on my phone from him. He said he never should have been away as long as he had and that he was back for good. That we’d have a chance to write together again tomorrow (which is today).

It made me cry tears of happiness and I was on cloud nine allowing me to have wonderful dreams that night. In the morning I was more than a little bit blissful and completed my usual daily tasks with a joyful sort of energy. However as the day neared to a close he never showed up like promised. I know I should’ve been prepared for this since he’s done this before but it…disappointed me greatly.

So to cheer myself up I decided to brew myself up a cup of “Pink Lemonade”. The sweet rose tisane with it’s refreshing scent and tartly sweet taste really did the trick to bring my smiles back. I love how similar this herbal blend is to the real thing without the added sugar. It truly is a ‘pick me up’ in a cup and I have no doubt that it would be perfect iced~. Thank you Murchie’s Tea & Coffee shop. :)

Cold Brew!

Picked this one up while in Vancouver this summer. I can’t remember exactly how expensive the tea was, but I remember the sale associate warning me before buying it that it was a lot higher than most of their teas – so they must have experienced customers dealing with sticker shock in the past. I have some theories on why it might be on the pricier side compared to a lot of Murchie’s other blends, but I’ll keep them to myself…

Regardless, I didn’t mind the price tag and I’ve found this to be a really enjoyable blend. It’s got a very punchy flavour with a lot of bright, lively citrus notes. The colour is obviously very in the realm of pink lemonade once brewed, but I do feel like it’s maybe a bit off in terms of taste? Don’t get me wrong, it’s delicious like I said. However, I taste a lot of orange. A very juicy orange, but orange nonetheless. With the mix of lemongrass and almost berry-like hibiscus flavours that also come through this reads a bit more like a citrus heavy punch to me. I think, for a lemonade, I would expect a lot more lemon and more bright acidity to the top notes. In the kindest way, this is almost too “dense” and saturated of a flavour to evoke lemonade – at least for me personally.

Still, so delicious!

I’ve been drinking this cold brew and have just emptied out the pouch.

While I enjoy the “fruity hibiscus” style of tea, I never really expect much from them. Fruit punch with a different dominant fruity flavor plastered over the top. Non-complex, good thirst-quenching water bottle tea. (Plus, I enjoy the tart!)

So I was surprised with how much this one really does taste like Pink Lemonade. At its core, it really is just a “fruity hibiscus” with citrus being the dominant fruit flavor plastered over the top, but the citrus is so juicy and authentic tasting that even I, the Queen of Tart Tea, puckered on the first sip (I was fine after that, though, so it didn’t manage to de-throne me). Bright, juicy, and pithy, with enough of that fruit punch flavor from the hibiscus to sort of bring in that non-descript punchy/berry taste of Pink Lemonade. I’ve really enjoyed it!

Not sure how I’d feel about something like this as a hot cup, but it’s a bangin’ iced tea.

This is by far the thing I most look forward to drinking in the summer time, but only as an iced tea. It is absolutely amazing. It is incredibly fruity and refreshing… and I think it would be great for a parent looking for a kid friendly crystal-drink subtitute. But it is also great for grown ups to enjoy.

I am affiliated with this company, but this is my honest review.