drank Passion Fruit by Harney & Sons
25 tasting notes

As promised, a black tea flavored with passion fruit. I don’t think I care for passion fruit flavored teas, at least not this one. It’s not bad, I just don’t have the desire to reach for it when I have 20+ teas that are much better.

The dry leaves have a strong, acidic and tropical passion fruit smell. So strong that it almost hurts my nostrils for some reason. The passion fruit smell in this tea comes across to me as being kind of floral, almost like ylang-ylang or something, which I don’t really like.

The steeped tea has a strong and acidic passion fruit smell too, but obviously not as strong as the dry leaves. The floral smell I don’t really care for is still here.

In the mouth, you get a strong passion fruit flavor first and foremost, along with that floral note, once again. The tea itself is medium-bodied, but for some reason it brews to a lighter brown than most of my other black teas from Harney & Sons.

I don’t have much else to say about this tea. It’s a black tea flavored with passion fruit that comes across to me as being floral which I don’t particularly like. It’s not necessarily bad but not really that good either.

Flavors: Floral, Fruity, Passion Fruit, Tea, Tropical, Tropical Fruit

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 9 OZ / 275 ML
ashmanra

I also didn’t love this, especially after I tried a better one. I guess I don’t have a need for passion fruit tea on shelf, and if I recall correctly it was one from American Tea Room or Capitol Teas that had truly lip smacking flavor.

Andreastt

Thanks for your comment, ashmanra! I am sorry not to reply in a timely manner. This is the only passion fruit flavored tea I have tasted and as you can tell, it isn’t my favorite. I don’t think tropical fruit flavored teas are among my favorites in general. I prefer stonefruits, berries and citrus fruits when it comes to fruit flavors. I do, however, absolutely love Harney & Sons Caribe which is flavored with guava. I will post a review soon.

ashmanra

My daughter LOVES Caribe! I look forward to your review!

Andreastt

That’s good to hear! Thanks – I will post a review within the next few days.

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ashmanra

I also didn’t love this, especially after I tried a better one. I guess I don’t have a need for passion fruit tea on shelf, and if I recall correctly it was one from American Tea Room or Capitol Teas that had truly lip smacking flavor.

Andreastt

Thanks for your comment, ashmanra! I am sorry not to reply in a timely manner. This is the only passion fruit flavored tea I have tasted and as you can tell, it isn’t my favorite. I don’t think tropical fruit flavored teas are among my favorites in general. I prefer stonefruits, berries and citrus fruits when it comes to fruit flavors. I do, however, absolutely love Harney & Sons Caribe which is flavored with guava. I will post a review soon.

ashmanra

My daughter LOVES Caribe! I look forward to your review!

Andreastt

That’s good to hear! Thanks – I will post a review within the next few days.

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My name is Andreas, I am from Denmark, and I am 26 years old.

I am a lover of fine teas and my favorite tea brand at the moment is Harney & Sons – which I discovered via Steepster back in 2011 or early 2012, but first tried in January of 2021.

I have been drinking high-quality teas since 2009, when I was thirteen. The brand that made me appreciate quality teas was Kusmi Tea – which I still love. But since then, Harney & Sons has taken the number one spot for me, and it has become pretty much the only brand of tea I drink on a regular basis.

I prefer black teas, or blends of black and oolong – both flavored and unflavored – and dislike most herbal and fruit teas.

I usually don’t care for green teas or white teas, either.

I enjoy most of my teas with a splash of milk and without sweetener.

I mostly review and rate teas I love because I think that’s the most fun, and because, most of the time, I buy teas I know I am going to like.

Favorite flavors:
Citrus – bergamot, lemon, orange.
Sonefruits – peach, plum, cherry, apricot.
Berries – black currant, strawberry, raspberry.
Dessert flavors – chocolate, caramel, vanilla.
Nuts – hazelnut, almond.
Spices – cinnamon, cloves, ginger.
Tropical flavors – coconut, guava, pineapple.
Herbacious flavors – peppermint, spearmint.
Floral flavors – lavender.

Not so favorite flavors:
Very acidic hibiscus, whiskey flavor, overly artificial flavors, extreme sweetness.

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Denmark

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