I have received a pouch of this tea last year when I was in P&T shop in Leipzig as a free sample. Thank you!
Sadly, this is the new version with black currant instead of figs and well, it has lost it’s uniqueness with that. When I have opened the pouch, I was struck with strong fruity note, rather reminding me more a chokeberry or rowanberry than a black currant.
However, after steeped for 3-4 minutes in a pot, I got a nice smooth black tea base, with nice fruity flavour, but sadly somehow nondescript. It wasn’t boom of black currants (they’re in season now!); also the other notes were a little more muted than when I tried as a sachet in their advent calendar.
It’s still very good though, and I would gladly drink it if offered; but as I wrote, the fig flavouring was so unique and I am deeply saddened that it disappeared. The new formula just isn’t so luxurious and “oh wow!”. For those reasons, I lower the rating from 82 to 80.
