Raspberry Cream Cheese Danish Honeybush

mmm I am loving this. Thank you Jenn for this sample, and the others, because I found something I love! Not this tea in general, but fruit flavoured teas from 52teas. I’m not a fan of their blacks, but their flavoured herbals and greens ohhh I am in heaven! So thank you!

This tea is a little light on flavour, but I think that’s my fault for picking my hugest glass mug. It’s still delicious, I’m getting a creamy raspberry syrup taste that is such a delight before bed. And the smell both dry and steeped is amazing. Mmm.

I’ll be keeping my eyes out for this one next reblend. b^_^

I was just begging Erin for a taste of this when I got a package from Doulton today that included this very tea. I’ve been going crazy to try this one and I’m so happy now! Thanks Doulton!

I was worried that the raspberry flavor would be overwhelming but happily it’s not. The raspberry flavor is mellow and goes great with the honeybush. I’m detecting a bit of the creaminess but I’m not sure I’d call it cream cheese danish. It’s a nice tea in any case. I think I will brew the next cup longer and see if the flavors intensify.

I can drink a cup without making funny faces but I’m not at all happy about it.
It’s very tart and missing that pastry part to balance it out.
I’m going to try mixing it with “Birthday Cake” tea to see it then it will become magically delicious.

I really wanted to order some of this but it’s all gone! It looks amazing. Anybody have some they want to share?!

Today’s “new start” is the Anne version of this one. I loved the original 52Teas Blueberry Cream Cheese Danish, so I’m hoping this one will be equally good…

I used 1.5tsp for my cup, and gave it 4 minutes in boiling water. No additions. It’s sweet, with a pleasant amount of raspberry, and quite a lot of background woodiness from the honeybush base. There is a kind of smooth, creamy, cream cheese like note towards the end of the sip, but it’s not quite as defined as I perhaps would have liked it to be. The sweetness does put me in mind of glace icing, though, so it’s pretty much got everything I’d want – not so much in the way of pastry, but this is tea, not food.

As a tea, I’m more than happy with it. It’s true enough to its name, and it tastes great. Nothing to complain about here! I’ll certainly have no problems finishing off my taster pouch :)

GCTTB (round 6) entry

While I would not say this lives up to its name, there are flavours of generic mixed berry and cranberry.

The honeybush is a good base for this, it prevents too much fruit/acidity. It also gives a dried twig and characteristic honeybush flavour, which is slightly sweet and a bit woody/nutty.

Notes of grain and oats are also present, but unfortunately no cream.

I steeped this with cooler than boiling water to coax a bit more raspberry and a bit less woodiness from the leaf. It’s still a bit light on the flavour though the raspberry is in the foreground of the scent and of the sip. There’s the slightest bit of cream cheese- like sourness at the tailend if I really unfurl my imagination.

I really enjoy honeybush in the evenings. It is a little sweet and I have always enjoyed the offerings from 52teas. This is the first order I have placed with all the changes!
This is really good. It is fairly sweet and to raspberry is slightly tart. I am getting a bit of the pastry, but sadly thnot cheesecake is way in the background.

I guess I have always been brewing honeybush incorrectly, I always just guessed at the parameters. I have been brewing for 5 minutes with boiling water. I am not sure if it makes a big difference or not.

New 52teas from the original sampler kickstarter.

I went from an open declaration of war on honeybush to wanting to rub this stuff into my clean bedding and pajamas. I need to find a way to put it in my oil diffuser. Aroma, please find a way to permeate every space I occupy. It smells like fresh, buttery berry pastries and usually tastes like that too.

You win again 52teas.