Parlour Room Blend

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Black Tea
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3 g 8 oz / 236 ml

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  • “Have you ever seen a tea and just immediately thought, “Wow, that was clearly made just for me.” Well, that was me as soon as I saw AJ’s blend of Lapsang Souchong, dark fruits, and rose. The blend...” Read full tasting note
  • “What’s this, am I reviewing a tea that hasn’t even been released yet. Okay it’s coming out next monday, so it’s a tiny sneak peek I guess. I come up with a lot of derisive blends, and most of them...” Read full tasting note

From Murchie's Tea & Coffee

Evoking the atmosphere of a Victorian sitting room, perfumed with rose, lush fruit, and an alluring note of smoke.

This heady, fragrant tea mixes alluring smoke with lush fruit and rose. The result is a unique, vintage-inspired blend that conjures up images of spending long evenings in an extravagant Victorian sitting room, surrounded by velvet cushions and a mahogany side-table to hold your fine porcelain cups (or Turkish Delight). The evening sun peeking through luxurious silk drapes to offer just enough light to read by, or entertain long conversations with close friends.

The aroma is a medley of fruits and a light touch of smoke that trails into the first sip. The subtle taste of rose melds into raspberry, black currant and strawberry, with smoke lingering from the start of each sip to the end.

A great compliment to our London Afternoon.

Ingredients: black tea, lapsang souchong, rose petals, natural & artificial flavours (raspberry, black currant, strawberry, rose)

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Since 1894, Murchie’s has been importing and blending the finest quality teas from select gardens around the world. As the decades have passed, the art of tea blending and tradition of excellence are handed down along with the old recipes. Today, Murchie’s offers traditional products and classic blends while also developing new combinations for a new generation of tea drinkers. We are proud to provide blends for events and occasions, from local landmarks to national observations and royal milestones.

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Have you ever seen a tea and just immediately thought, “Wow, that was clearly made just for me.” Well, that was me as soon as I saw AJ’s blend of Lapsang Souchong, dark fruits, and rose. The blend is so rich and evocative, with the sultry smoke notes providing an almost “mysterious feeling” canvas for lighter notes of fresh, aromatic rose. A dense and almost syrupy note of darker mixed berries adds a very luxe lushness to the cup, while also providing necessary sweetness to offset the more abrasive side of the Lapsang. It’s like a perfect anchor for these ethereal feeling flavors!!

I know the fruit flavourings used are a mix of several, with raspberry and black currant being the more discernable ones to me. I’ve been on such a currant kick lately, and I think the black currant flavouring used here does a particularly good job of challenging the preconception held by many that currants are unpleasant, medicinal tasting fruits. This is lavish, deep and jammy with such a smooth, round taste and feeling on the palate!!

Ultimately, this may be my favourite blend from Murchies yet. It’s complex yet balanced, and I feel I can picture myself transported to this exact parlour room; dark woods, several bouquets of fresh red roses, an ornate chandelier, low lighting with ornate gold embellished curtains, plush velvet seating in all different shades of dark reds and purples. So, so spot on!!

Tea Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ctt7sJEu4nU/

Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmEzW7aS1dA

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What’s this, am I reviewing a tea that hasn’t even been released yet.

Okay it’s coming out next monday, so it’s a tiny sneak peek I guess.

I come up with a lot of derisive blends, and most of them get shot down immediately. I enjoy unique flavour-combinations, and that rarely gets past the pitch-stage.

This was a blend I kept bringing back, and fine-tuning. My working name for it at the time was ‘The Madam’. It was nixed (I was told that was too Risqué), but ‘Parlour Room Blend’ ended up going over very well, so it finally got the green light.

This mixes lapsang souchong with a medley of fruit (raspberry, strawberry and black currant; no one fruit is supposed to stand out, and the result to me is a general, fruity sweetness), and a tiny bit of rose. It’s definitely not for everyone, but I guess it’s a good indication that I’m Proud of a tea when I reach for it every morning (or maybe it’s just that I left my one-pound test batch conveniently on my desk). It makes me think distantly of grilled fruit.

It opens with the fruit, which leads into a sweet rose note. There’s no point where the lapsang starts or ends, it’s pretty prevalent from the beginning to the end, and lingers afterwards, but I don’t find it overpowering (of course, I like smoky teas so there’s a bias).

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3 g 8 OZ / 236 ML
Roswell Strange

Ooh, this sounds SUPER up my alley!

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