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EmmaM drank Christmas Tea Blanc by Dammann Frères

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Dammann Frères Advent 2021 – Day 3
This is a tea for cherry tea lovers. Dry it’s full-on cherry. It smells like cherry candy rather than cough syrup, but it’s a lot of cherry. Brewed, it’s a lovely combination of cherry and bitter almond. I don’t really get ginger or gingerbread. It’s a lovely cup and if I loved cherry teas, it probably would register higher for me.

And sure enough, my husband continues to love this one. He loves Mariage Freres’s Sakura The Blanc which is another white cherry tea, so I’d love for him to compare the two. Mariage Freres’s version is insanely expensive, and this could be a good option.

Flavors: Almond, Candy, Cherry

Preparation

175 °F / 79 °C 5 min, 30 sec

4 years ago

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ashmanra 4 years ago

Gurman’s in Dublin has a good White Cherry tea. They ship to the US but I am not sure if it would be more economical than this. (Their tea called Magic is amazing, too.)

EmmaM 4 years ago

Thank you for that! We’ve been dreaming of going to Scotland and Ireland when our youngest goes off to college. If I can’t order it, I will make sure to add it to my “must-do” list.

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ashmanra 4 years ago

Gurman’s in Dublin has a good White Cherry tea. They ship to the US but I am not sure if it would be more economical than this. (Their tea called Magic is amazing, too.)

EmmaM 4 years ago

Thank you for that! We’ve been dreaming of going to Scotland and Ireland when our youngest goes off to college. If I can’t order it, I will make sure to add it to my “must-do” list.

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I started drinking tea in 2018 when a friend introduced me to flavored black teas. Since then, I have developed a bit of a tea addiction. I never want to be without the teas I love, but I’m perpetually compelled to try new ones…

I started with French tea companies like Mariage Freres, Dammann Freres, Kusmi, Nina’s, and TheOdor, because I’m French and it makes me feel closer to home, but I would love to find tea companies I love as much on this side of the Atlantic.

I’m partial to dessert teas and in terms of flavors, I adore almond, pistachio, biscuit, nutty types, as well as caramel, cream, cake, vanilla, toffee, chocolate, and cookies. For me, it’s all about drinking my dessert!!! I also like fruity teas like peach, melon, mango, raspberry, strawberry, figs, and even grapefruit flavored teas. I am discovering more floral teas and testing the waters there, but I don’t care for earl greys or chai. I have not expanded into unflavored teas yet, but maybe one day.

For full disclosure I like my tea with a little sugar/sweetener.

Tea ratings: (I’m not a tough customer and I don’t have a very sophisticated palate.)

96-100: Pure deliciousness and all-time favourite teas.

90-95: Love love love. Delicious teas I reach for all the time.

80-89: Good to great teas I’d drink any day of the week.

75-79: Good teas that I would be happy to drink from time to time.

70-74: Teas that are just ok for me. They’re not bad teas, but not my preference.

60-69: Maybe good for someone else but definitely not my thing.

50-59: Drinkable

1-49: Just no.