Another sample from my advent calendar order, but this one was a miss for me. I wanted to love it – it’s pretty, and one of my favorite teas right now is a raspberry, and it smells like blue raspberry candy! But all I got in the taste was a grassy green tea. I’m not the most discerning, and I’m willing to believe there’s other stuff going on in the aftertaste, but it’s just so much grass up front. Not going for this one again.
Flavors: Candy, Grass
Mom of 2, adjunct, and general homebody in California.
Great at buying tea, okay at drinking tea, awful at timely reviews. Drawn to fruit, floral, spice, smoke, and flavored teas in general; prefer those that stand well without milk or sweetener. Black is fine, green is better, and red rooibos is trash.
My ratings are for me, so I don’t accidentally buy something that sounds amazing but I’ve already tried and disliked. I struggle a bit with wanting to be “fair” to a tea that other people would probably like, but then my system won’t work!
90-100 A: loved it; would make this a permanent member of my stash
80-89 B: tasty; would pick it up again
70-79 C: good; could grab with a good deal or to try in a different style
60-69 D: okay; would keep in a set but probably would not repurchase on its own
1-59 F: various shades of bad; would not purchase; closer to 1 means may not even drink again if offered.
