Oh, hey! I can log into Steepster again! I missed you all.
I had quite the adventure in March. I took a short trip down to San Francisco, and then went on a birthday cruise (for my father and young nephew) to various Hawaiian ports. This was my first visit to the US since before the pandemic and it was.. nice, even if SF did a good YVR impression with the weather (rain. so much rain). Also, I definitely caught covid on the tail-end of the cruise, which was awful – the least terrible ramification being that it prevented me from enjoying my Lupicia souvenirs for a couple weeks.
Is this tea subtle? No. Does it taste like a Melona bar? Yes, it totally does – and that’s all I want at the moment. Sugary green melons on a floral bouquet. This is an excellent tea for flavoured tea fans and newbies (my mom thinks it tastes and smells mindbogglingly good). My sole complaint is the green oolong base is kind of boring and veers towards sour once the flavouring dissipates – but it’s such an easy tea to guzzle down, and takes a long while to get to the point of “meh”. This is one of the very few Lupicia offerings I’ve tried before and it’s lovely to get a chance to revisit it.
Steep Count: 5 and going strong
Flavors: Candy, Cantaloupe, Floral, Fruity, Grassy, Honeydew, Honeysuckle, Lilac, Melon, Mineral, Nectar, Smooth, Sweet, Violet
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Had to look up Melona bars … that’s not a brand you see here in Missouri! This oolong sounds nice—like bananas, I don’t mind melon flavors, just hate the texture of the real thing.
Did you visit any tea shops in San Fran?
I didn’t get a chance this time – but I hope to visit again! I loved what little we saw of San Francisco.
@gmathis – yeah, there’s something banana-like about Melona bars (I think that’s one of the different flavours). I used to never see them around here either, except for the rare Korean grocery store, but the nearby Costco recently started carrying them!
Had to look up Melona bars … that’s not a brand you see here in Missouri! This oolong sounds nice—like bananas, I don’t mind melon flavors, just hate the texture of the real thing.
Did you visit any tea shops in San Fran?
I didn’t get a chance this time – but I hope to visit again! I loved what little we saw of San Francisco.
@gmathis – yeah, there’s something banana-like about Melona bars (I think that’s one of the different flavours). I used to never see them around here either, except for the rare Korean grocery store, but the nearby Costco recently started carrying them!