There’s a new tea shop in town! in MY town. Oh yes, now I can go for tea whenever I want :)
Well, kindof. They don’t have much seating, but there is free wifi.
I happened upon the place on their opening day so they were in a rather jovial mood. The girl who served me was very sweet and gave me a bunch of free samples to try at home. This was one of them!
I’ll have to stop by one day soon and thank her. errr, everyone!(and then chat for an hour heh heh) There were about a dozen people there, celebrating their accomplishment. Champagne, cake, snacks. They went all out!.
Anyhow, this tea, well it’s great! the strawberry comes through in the first steep with a tart zing, refreshingly so, and isn’t overwhelming like the Teavana version. Oh and it really is much more natural. I really like it.
The base is smooth and a little chocolatey, not bready like most I find. Reminds me of King Pu-erh, which makes sense since they sell the straight version as well.
No sugar required either, though I added 1/4 tsp just to see what happened. It enhanced the strawberry, however wasn’t necessary so would be great either way.
Thank you Tea Factory for this tasty sample!!
My other comment was for this one…but I’m assuming by my town you mean out in the boonies where normal people don’t go grin
LOL you know I have to agree! it’s in Port Credit. Cute little town… but living in TO would be SO much better. Sighs. BIG sighs!
Oh I hope this is a real winner so that you have a tea pub hangout like I do! Hooray! More news to come?!