Dublin Cream

Thanks to gmathis for the sweetest little surprise tea package! I’ve never tried TeaMaze before, so this was really fun! The main flavors I taste are black tea and coconut. I shared this sample with my dad, and he enjoyed the coconut flavor and said he tasted a bit of berry as well. I mostly just taste coconut, and it’s not the #1 freshest coconut, but coconut just isn’t my favorite. Thank you, gmathis!

Kiki’s evening tea tonight :)

“Black tea. It’s a little creamy when I smell it. Kinda like that African tea has that smell. she breathes it in for a good minute then finally sips It’s kind of a little fruity, like cantaloupe. I think it’s a… I think it’s a… one of those natural flavorings. It’s alright. What do you think?”

I steal a sip. I think it’s creamy and coconut.

“You mean like coconut flavoring?”

No, real coconut.

“Like grated coconut. Yeah I can see that. Like coconut water-y. I don’t think I’d buy this, though. What’s in it?”

Black tea, rum flavoring (which might be where you’re getting the fruitiness from)—

makes a double-take face, sips again “—Oh, yeah, uh-hm, I get that now.”

And strawberry leaves, coconut and orange safflower.

“I was gonna say orange!”

That’s probably the base tea. You know, like orange pekoe often has kind of an orange tone to it.

“Right. Thank you, gmathis. You’re very sweet :) You’re sweeter than the tea. And thank you very much!”

Ooh! Thanks for this one, gmathis. Had just enough to make a little pot of it before bed.

After a day of approximately 5 other pots of pure oolongs and blacks, this was a much-appreciated reprieve. It’s a calm, unfussy black base with a heavy helping of rich strawberry and cream flavors. Doesn’t even taste artificial, and I appreciate that they didn’t try to make it sweet. This was an excellent one to sip on while starting a new book. Think I’ll be getting an ounce or two of it for when I want a flavored black—my usual Lady Londonberry is good, but sometimes the lemon mixed in with that strawberry can be a bit much!

Double dippity day, and this one even pairs with a book currently in progress on Mount To-Be-Read: A Dublin Student Doctor by Patrick Taylor. This is my second time through the series and they’re just as enjoyable as reruns: think All Creatures Great and Small set in small town northern Ireland with people, not animals.

The tea…again, nothing new: strawberries with coconut to add a little creaminess. There’s supposed to be a little rum-mishness in there, too, but I’ve never really picked up on it. Still, another favorite!