Seeing that I’ve had this since August but still haven’t talked about it yet, I better get down to that. I really enjoyed the Kamba Berry sample Stacy sent me alongside this, and this is no exception.
I haven’t had unflavoured purple tea, so I’m really curious as to how this would taste without the blueberry. The base is incredibly smooth. Almost no astringency, and delicate in flavour; at least, I’m guessing so since the blueberry is so prominent. I also detect a slight earthiness which may be coming from the base. As soon as the water hit the tea leaves, I was hit with a basket of warm blueberry jam.
It’s amazing that I only used one tea measuring spoon for my 16 oz. Nordic mug, as per the instructions, and this is so blueberry-ish. One of my favourite blueberry teas now.
It does, however, make me wish that 52teas’ Blueberry Cream Cheese Danish utilized a subtler base, such as this, because I’m sure you would otherwise be able to detect the subtle creamy and pastry notes a lot more easily.
That said, methinks this particular tea makes an excellent base for flavoured teas, especially fruity flavours. Two thumbs up, yo.
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This sounds amazing! So jealous :)
This does sound tasty…
I found this to be really bitter. :/ Glad someone likes it! It sure smelled wonderful.
Aww that sucks. Maybe it fell victim to an overleaf or oversteep? I got no bitterness.
I followed the directions! I’m good about doing that with Butiki teas.
Damn, I figured you would be good with that. That is so bizarre.
My BFF loved the blueberry. :) So I gave her the 1/4 or 1/2 oz I had.
this is a very lovely tea I appreciated as my first purple tea !
Fjellrev-If you are thinking about diving into a straight purple tea, I recommend the Purple Sunset Oolong unless you are a fan of Senchas, then I would recommend the steamed purple.
OMGsrsly-Did you have a sample or a whole bag? We powder freeze-dried blueberries for this blend. It’s possible if it was a sample that you got a bad or bitter blueberry.
Oh yeah, you better believe that I’ll be ordering the Purple Sunset Oolong next time. :D
I love the Purple Sunset Oolong. It’s so delicious and reminds me of Taiwanese teas. :)
We had a whole bag. :) I tried it twice with my BFF, and gave her the rest of what I had. Just not a tea for me, although the blueberry part was awesome!
This sounds amazing! So jealous :)
This does sound tasty…
I found this to be really bitter. :/ Glad someone likes it! It sure smelled wonderful.
Aww that sucks. Maybe it fell victim to an overleaf or oversteep? I got no bitterness.
I followed the directions! I’m good about doing that with Butiki teas.
Damn, I figured you would be good with that. That is so bizarre.
My BFF loved the blueberry. :) So I gave her the 1/4 or 1/2 oz I had.
this is a very lovely tea I appreciated as my first purple tea !
Fjellrev-If you are thinking about diving into a straight purple tea, I recommend the Purple Sunset Oolong unless you are a fan of Senchas, then I would recommend the steamed purple.
OMGsrsly-Did you have a sample or a whole bag? We powder freeze-dried blueberries for this blend. It’s possible if it was a sample that you got a bad or bitter blueberry.
Oh yeah, you better believe that I’ll be ordering the Purple Sunset Oolong next time. :D
I love the Purple Sunset Oolong. It’s so delicious and reminds me of Taiwanese teas. :)
We had a whole bag. :) I tried it twice with my BFF, and gave her the rest of what I had. Just not a tea for me, although the blueberry part was awesome!