Hope Wood

Tea type
Oolong Tea
Ingredients
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Flavors
Fireplace, Smoke, Smoked, Bergamot, Jasmine, Tangy, Toasty
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0 min, 15 sec

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  • “Um… An applewood smoked tea. Surely this is a one-of-a-kind tea. Soleil has gone rogue. It sounds pretty good in theory. I like toasty notes. I find firewood flavors tasty and savory. But applewood...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Kind of odd that the only review came from 10 miles away from where I sit. Hoálatha drank this and we never talked about it! A friend sent it my way though and I laughed at the description...” Read full tasting note
  • “This review isn’t really fair. From the description, I didn’t think I would like this tea, but I had already chosen the other two free samples that you get with any order from Soleil. I figured I...” Read full tasting note
    75

From Soleil Tea

An applewood smoked roasted oolong (Tie Guan Yin) scented with cold pressed bergamot oil. Hope Wood is an original recipe inspired by the bliss of a bountiful late summer harvest. Zesty citrus notes combine brilliantly with the muscatel taste of this medium roast oolong while the applewood imparts a touch of fruity sweetness.This vibrant oolong tea evokes pineapple, toasted barley, and a hint of firewood. Incredibly smooth without astringency.

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Um…

An applewood smoked tea. Surely this is a one-of-a-kind tea. Soleil has gone rogue.

It sounds pretty good in theory. I like toasty notes. I find firewood flavors tasty and savory. But applewood smoke scent is so closely associated in my mind with barbecue, I couldn’t enjoy the other things going on. Strangely the citrus oils play nicely with the tang of applewood smoke, so there is nothing off-putting per se. Just a little strange.

Flavors: Fireplace, Smoke, Smoked

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Kind of odd that the only review came from 10 miles away from where I sit. Hoálatha drank this and we never talked about it! A friend sent it my way though and I laughed at the description thinking, “If LP won’t do it, nobody will”. Is that conceited? Anyways, someone did. Smoked TGY… then bergamot???

Yeah… had to try it. Nothing good to say. Taste like Fruity Pebbles left on a grill overnight after someone mowed the lawn. Now that I said that I need to purchase from Solei because this is my only experience with them and I can’t let it be the only one. Once I has money I will load up on their stuff and give some real thoughts because this was just whack.

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This review isn’t really fair. From the description, I didn’t think I would like this tea, but I had already chosen the other two free samples that you get with any order from Soleil. I figured I may as well give it a shot.

From the smell of the leaf, I have nicknamed it bacon earl grey oolong. It has that applewood smoke aroma and that orangey smell of the bergamot.

The flavor of the brew is tangy and toasty, with a mild smoke flavor of applewood (which makes my brain fill in with bacon). For the later steeps, the floral of the oolong comes through—I’m thinking jasmine? The bergamot hangs in there, but the smoky flavor disappears. This smokiness seems to be brought out again at lower temperatures.

It was all right, but the smoke and bergamot flavor together were odd, and not my thing.

Flavors: Bergamot, Jasmine, Smoke, Tangy, Toasty

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