3259 Tasting Notes
A sample from Nichole!
I made this today simply because of the name. I am tutoring some young ladies and they requested that we use the book Tintenherz (Inkheart) for our passages. The antagonist is called Capricorn so I just had to make it, even though one of the girls hates coconut.
We had Triple Berry Blend as well so there would also be a tea that she liked! We had Lindt Blueberry truffles and they brought Belgian Butter Crisp Waffle Cookies, and it was my first time having those cookies. Recommended for tea time! They were purchased at Lidl but may be available other places as well.
The coconut hater did try this tea like a champ, but disliked it as expected. Her sister and I found it good hot, but when my cup grew cold it was rather astringent. It really tasted like moderate strength black tea with a lot of heavy coconut flavor, and I didn’t pick up the other things in the blend.
I didn’t expect to like Triple Berry Blend because of the hibiscus and rose hips, which I usually only take cold and sweetened, but I thought it was pretty good. I definitely didn’t mind drinking it. It wasn’t sour enough to cause a permanent pucker anyway! I am not going to do a separate review for it because when I look for it on the Adagio site nothing comes up with this exact name, so I am guessing it is discontinued. My no-coconut student enjoyed it very much with sugar.
Yesterday I received two amazing boxes of tea in the mail from our Nichole. Thank you so much!
I am shocked that this tea wasn’t already in the database because I think it is the best tea from Adagio that I have ever had.
The aroma of the dry leaves is fruity and the bergamot and pomegranate are so balanced that you don’t get a snootful of bergamot sharpness but rather a bright and exciting fruity scent.
The steeped tea is rich and the caramel and vanilla come through more here than in the dry leaf aroma.
This isn’t an exact rehash of the popular Paris by Harney and Sons. Instead of blackcurrant we have pomegranate and the bergamot is lighter in this to me.
It is delightful and deserves a place on shelf for breakfasts as well as solitary sipping cups sans food. Would definitely purchase this.
Pomegranate sounds interesting, I’ll have to remember to try a sample of this one next time. It’s interesting that they obviously copied Paris, down to the black and oolong base, but then swapped blackcurrant for pomegranate.
Indeed, I noted the tea base being the same. It is just different enough that I wouldn’t mind owning both! If I had more I would gladly send it to you to try, but this was a sample pack.
Oh no worries ha ha! I plan to order some teas from them for fall so I’ll hopefully remember to pick up a sample then. :)
This was a Mother’s Day gift from Superanna. Many thanks for a new “must have” tea!
On Sunday, I noticed the cherry first and there was an undercurrent of berry with a candy-like note to the berry flavor that I couldn’t pin down. I think it was the raspberry! It was so good I ordered more last night because it is a seasonal tea and I don’t to spend almost a year without it!
I made it again today to see if it was really as magical as we thought or was it the moment?
Today the salted cherry leaf was more noticeable than before, maybe because this time I know it is there and looked for it. But really, it was more prominent and it gives the tea real presence so you can drink it at breakfast even though both Nilgiri and Darjeeling are lighter black teas. This might even be Sakura Premium with flavors added.
Very good, and will probably be gone long before it comes available again.
Sipdown
This grape candy goodness is a definite reorder. It just tastes fun, fruity, and festive and once I get rid of some things that I don’t plan to keep on shelf on a regular basis, I will be getting more. Happily this is available year ‘round and isn’t a seasonal tea.
May 10 – Clean your room day: tidy a tea shelf or box
Sipdown!
This gets really mixed reviews but we like it a lot. I think this is our third pouch of it. I had one cup hot and made the rest into a fruity caffeine free sweet tea for evenings this weekend. It is a definite repurchase someday, but right now I have the pineapple version from Disney Tokyo that is sooooo good. Once that it is gone, I will consider replacing this one since Toy Box is a Tokyo Disney exclusive.
Sipdown
I am a bit shocked, honestly. I didn’t realize this one was so close to a sipdown. It is a shelf staple, but I am going to wait until I have a few more sipdowns to replace it. I drink this alone because Ashman finds it too strong except with milk and sugar and he likes to avoid adding those. He prefers Bai Lin Gong Fu black for straight black tea, or even Darjeelings.
If I am very careful, I might even meet my goal for the year this year!
I would definitely repurchase this. It’s the Queen.
Sipdown!
May Sipdown Prompt – a floral black tea
This tea was hoarded a little because it felt too fine to drink just any old time. I love most golden teas whether Yunnan or Fujian or elsewhere. The jasmine is well done – not blasting but not too subtle either.
This resteeps well. I used it at first for when I needed a really gentle pot of tea. This morning it was overleafed because there was too little left for a new session. It was well-suited to my breakfast and the extra strength was not bitter or harsh but simply more like a breakfast blend.
Delightful and would definitely repurchase with plans to drink it both ways as the situation and mood dictate.
Sipdown!
A favorite from way, way back, I will miss this one but I am glad it didn’t sit around being hoarded for so long that it lost flavor. Indeed there is no loss of flavor. It was a lovely pot of tea woth breakfast and the last little teaspoon is my afternoon snack accompaniment.
The cherry note is more prominent today than usual. Delightful. This was a gift from Youngest – many thanks!
Au revoir, Coquelicot! Until we meet again!
