Raspberry Pineapple Luau

This basically tastes like raspberry jolly ranchers, which is kinda awesome. Even though it looks like mostly apple pieces, you do get the raspberry flavor, though the pineapple is very light. I know Teavana isn’t very popular on here and people say it’s really expensive, but honestly $10 for 2oz of tea is not that bad (Davidstea is pricier), even if it more of a tisane than anything else.

3tsp + sweetener in 16oz steeping mug

I tried taking this to work on more time today. I have been properly steeping my teas before I leave in the morning and this is one tea that I actually don’t think benefits from it. I think there is so much fruit and berries in the tea that is actually needs a longer steep than white teas should. I think this one actually steeps better as an herbal than as a white.

For a tea that is supposed to actually be tea, there is dearly little of it actually in the bag I received in the mail. I see an awful lot of apple bits with some intermittent tea leaves scattered in. Not impressed, Teavana. Apple is cheap; white tea is not. So if the ratio is about 80-90% other things: 10% tea, why then am I paying the price for what I’d expect to be more 60/40 or even 70/30?

And on top of that, the tea wasn’t that good. Very little “luau” flavor came through. I can’t taste any raspberry or pineapple, and after adding some sugar basically I tasted lightly raspberry-flavored sugar water.

Disappointing.

I’ve tried quite a few white teas over the past year, but only a few really impressed me.

This is not one of them. LOL. It’s not bad…sweet, mild, simple. But no wows, even quiet ones. I will however probably enjoy this combined with some other fruit teas, particularly the ones that I need to use up. (To make room for more tea of course! ;))

The tea smells of raspberry and I can certainly see pieces of pineapple, but I only tasted a vague fruitiness. Perhaps if I use more leaves next time, though I did use the recommended amount, I will get more flavor.

SN for me: Backlogged from the morning

3 scoops tea
2 scoops Belgian rock sugar
Tea Press with Ice
3 minutes

Ended up with a light, slightly tart, flavor. I was hoping for the pineapple to come through. That’s alright though, it’s old.

I assume this is the right one, since my tin just says ‘Raspberry Pineapple’… Anyway, I’ve had this since Christmas and haven’t tried it till now. It’s about time. It’s actually really light, and there’s not too much flavour to this. Teavana recommended a 2 min steep so that’s what I did, but I think it should’ve been 3 min. It has a fruity taste, and I think I can mostly taste the raspberry in this. Not a bad tea, but not something I’d drink too often. Maybe my mom will like this.

Another tea that I should have logged months ago.

I know that a lot of folks on steepster aren’t wild about Teavana teas, and I’ve had a few I didn’t care for, but I tend to go to them for the teas that are more fruit than tea: it seems to be what they do best. Also, and this probably isn’t a great advertisement, my grandchildren like their teas much better than the unflavored teas I usually drink. Go figure.

Anyway, this is a fairly typical Teavana blend. More fruit than tea, to the point that I can’t really detect any tea.

This actually has more white tea in it than I expected. I don’t necessarily taste it, but I can see it in the dry blend. This tastes and smells just like one of their herbal blends. I’m guessing resteeping is no good with all this fruit. It was a bit tart to start off with, but after adding honey it’s much more palatable. It’s a little bland and also tastes waxy like some other berry herbals I’ve had. It’s not a favorite of mine, but my husband enjoys it so I know it will be finished.

Very weak and artificially tasting. Wasn’t horrible, but wasn’t the best.