Natural Cranberry

Teeny Tiny TTB Round 2

I just finished a very sweet and decadent dessert from the local French bakery, so I figured something with a bit of tartness would be nice to offset that. And since cranberries are a bit tart, I chose this one to try. I can see a few pieces of citrus peel mixed in with the black leaves, and possibly some red flower petals? It doesn’t have much of a scent.

This definitely doesn’t smell or taste like cranberry… Maybe a tiny bit near the end? Mostly it just tastes like a very nondescript black tea base – at least it’s not bitter I suppose. Definitely not going to rate this as clearly it’s lost all of its flavor over time.

TTTTB

Man, this is another tea that I really wanted to enjoy…but it just hit me as being generically fruity and crisp. The black tea base is solid and the flavouring is well-executed, but I didn’t get “cranberry” as a flavour.

It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it’s another cup that didn’t manage to impress me.

this was another really lovely tea from missB I’m not sure that i’d call this cranberry, but then i wonder if that’s because i’m so used to cranberry “cocktail.” Either way this is a really nicely blended, fruity tea. there’s little bitterness here and it’s just a lovely cup overall. I’m looking forward to trying more assam company’s teas in the future!

Another fairly fruity tea for the day!
I seriously just packed a whole lot of teas that I’ve never had or only had once and I’m drinking just a small cup as I study.

This one doesn’t smell like cranberries, but cherries instead. I’m feeling more adventurous today to try a whole lot of black tea blends where the dry leaf smell doesn’t smell like a me-tea.
This tea has that mediciney black tea smell again, from the dry leaves to steeping.
Oh gosh no no. Not again :/ It’s definitely not a good tea when you drink it and your cousins see you make a face! The flavour of the cranberry is fairly weak while the base became bitter.
I’ll drink the rest of this cup. See if any additions of milk or sugar will do anything to it, but right now it’s just.. no.

Going to brew a cup I KNOW I love after this because two not-so-good cups of tea in a row is my limit.

Thought I’d passed along all of my Assam samples (which, by the way, are huge 10c samples for $1.95 mostly) however this one seems to have hidden so as to have me drink it. Earlier today I brewed up my large Timolino-full, and was pleasantly surprised. It tastes like tea-infused cranberry sauce, minus a bit of the sweetness, and a hint of orange. It’s nice, it’s flavorful, it’s as described, although I do prefer it hot over this now-cooled temperature, only because it has a hint of bitterness now that eluded the brew before.

Nothing special, not a distinct Cranberry taste, just slightly fruity tasting.