As promised, a black tea flavored with peaches and ginger. It’s sweet, fruity and summery from the peach with the zing of ginger. The ginger is really only a flavor – it has no spiciness at all. Only the aroma of ginger. So if you don’t like spicy teas, you might still like this.
The peach flavor is the strongest flavor while the ginger is more in the background. I would say a 75/25 split. I would probably have expected a more spicy ginger flavor.
Both flavors are pretty mild so you can actually taste plenty of tea flavor underneath. I think this is the most lightly flavored black tea I have had from H&S so far. The black tea in this is pretty mild – around medium-bodied – and has no bitterness or astringency. It seems more watery than their other black China teas, but that might just be my mind that is playing tricks on me, since it is the same base tea as in their other flavored blacks.
It’s a very nice tea and I will happily drink more of it, but there are some other fruity flavored teas from Harney & Sons that I enjoy more (Apricot, Black Currant, Paris, Earl Grey Supreme, Fruits D’Alsace). Those are all slightly better than this. But this is still excellent.
Dry leaves, appearance:
Black Chinese tea leaves with pieces of candied ginger and pieces of dried peach.
Dry leaves, aroma:
Juicy peach in the forefront with a hint of ginger.
Liquor:
Medium to dark brown.
Packaging:
4 oz. loose tea tin.
Flavors: Fruity, Ginger, Peach, Tea
