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Palais des Thés Advent Calendar – Day 17 (from November backlog)

Ooh, hooray! This is one that I really wanted to try from Palais des Thés. I love rhubarb and this is a strawberry and rhubarb black tea, with some other flavors as well. It definitely smells mostly strawberry in the sachet, though.

Well, sadly I don’t think I get rhubarb at all. It mostly tastes of sweet strawberry hard candies, with a bit of honey and lavender thrown in. I’m not a huge fan of lavender, but thankfully here it’s quite mild. The base tea is adding a nice bready flavor that I enjoy, and is overall quite light in body. I think I would prefer this without the lavender honestly, but it might be quite boring then.

Unfortunately, this did not live up to my rhubarb dreams. Oh well, there’s always B&B’s Rhubarb + Custard… ;)

Flavors: Bread, Candy, Honey, Lavender, Strawberry, Sweet

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 4 min, 0 sec 8 OZ / 236 ML
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Courtney 5 years ago

Rhubarb really is the best.

Cameron B. 5 years ago

I know! I wish it were more of a thing here in the States.

Courtney 5 years ago

It really should be! I feel like I know quite a few people here that grow it in the summer. My mom always did!

Cameron B. 5 years ago

It’s a bit more common in the South, in pies and preserves and such. But the UK seems to have it everywhere, and I’m so jealous!

Courtney 5 years ago

That’s fair! Maybe we have it quite a bit in NS because so much of our culture is based from Ireland, Scotland, and the UK!

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Courtney 5 years ago

Rhubarb really is the best.

Cameron B. 5 years ago

I know! I wish it were more of a thing here in the States.

Courtney 5 years ago

It really should be! I feel like I know quite a few people here that grow it in the summer. My mom always did!

Cameron B. 5 years ago

It’s a bit more common in the South, in pies and preserves and such. But the UK seems to have it everywhere, and I’m so jealous!

Courtney 5 years ago

That’s fair! Maybe we have it quite a bit in NS because so much of our culture is based from Ireland, Scotland, and the UK!

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Hi, I’m Cameron!

I’m a 30-something software engineer currently living in Austin, Texas with my husband and our two pugs, Gobo and Ume. I tend to cycle between my different hobbies, and they include piano, knitting, video games, board games, miniature painting, planners, bento, Korean skincare, and – of course – TEA! But really, what I’m best at is “collecting” hobby-related things… ;)

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I enjoy both flavored and unflavored teas in many forms. These days, I drink mostly flavored teas, and I tend to gravitate most toward black, green, oolong, and herbal varieties. I do have a special fondness for straight Japanese green teas, however.

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