I’m taste testing this tea right now from the reblend I created for the Kickstarter Campaign incentives.
It’s good. Nice blackberry flavor – lovely cream notes. I like my great big blackberries that I found for this.
I’ve learned a lot while blending/packaging this tea: I need bigger pouches for certain teas. I can’t fit 1 1/2 ounces of this tea in a 2 ounce pouch … so everyone who ordered 1 1/2 ounces of this tea will receive a large pouch and a small pouch because there’s no getting 1 1/2 ounces in that pouch without crushing the leaves into dust. As one who respects the leaf, I just can’t do that.
I’ve also decided that while the shou mei tea is alright, for future blends (and reblends) I will be using a white peony. I like this shou mei but I like white peony better. Yeah, it costs more (quite a bit more, actually) but as someone who is a tea snob, it’s worth it.
That said, this is a good tea. The blackberry flavor is well-defined and I love the berry tingle at the finish. The cream notes soften the tart-y notes of the blackberry nicely. It’s sweet and yummy and I like this a lot.
PS: I also learned that LiberTEAS rated this tea previously and I can’t change LiberTEAS rating using my 52Teas account.
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Some teas do demand a lot of space. I had some Chinese snow buds that I couldnt fit even 15u in a 7×1×5 package
Cough If this reblend found its way into a SororiTea Sister’s package in the future I certainly wouldn’t complain Cough Also, very excited that the white blends will be using White Peony from now on!
Some teas do demand a lot of space. I had some Chinese snow buds that I couldnt fit even 15u in a 7×1×5 package
Cough If this reblend found its way into a SororiTea Sister’s package in the future I certainly wouldn’t complain Cough Also, very excited that the white blends will be using White Peony from now on!