Sparkling Sugar Plum

Tea type
Black Tea
Ingredients
Black Tea, Cinnamon, Flavor, Sugar Crystals
Flavors
Drying, Floral, Plum, Stonefruit, Tannic, Cinnamon, Sugar
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Bulk, Loose Leaf
Caffeine
Medium
Certification
Not available
Edit tea info Last updated by Shae
Average preparation
Boiling 4 min, 15 sec 3 g 8 oz / 242 ml

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  • “Oh, yum. I’m not sure I’ve had peony petals before, but I’m on board! They remind me of a more floral, less tart hibiscus flavor. This tea features a black tea base (unspecified, and I’m not...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Shae Advent Day 3 This is a tea I’ve added to my cart before, but I never actually made a Whistling Kettle order, so I guess you were reading my mind, Shae! Hot, it doesn’t taste like much, but...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Ehm… not sure if I even have time for this tasting note. So sorry if you have been expecting something funny, light-hearted or anything. Nothing from that from me today. I just get an email saying...” Read full tasting note
    82
  • “Sipdown Progress Challenge January 2024 | A winter inspired blend A favorite that’s been knocking around in my cabinet for a while. This is still available so it’s on my sipdown list for January. I...” Read full tasting note
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From The Whistling Kettle

A sweetened China black tea with sparkling sugar crystals and plum bits & flavoring. This new version of our special seasonal black tea blend has a cinnamon taste with undertones of plum flavor. It also has little sparkling sugar crystals that release into your cup to create a dazzling visual treat!

Ingredients: black tea, plum bits, flavoring, cinnamon, sugar crystals

TEMP: 212°F
TIME: 4 min
1 TSP per 8oz H2O

https://www.thewhistlingkettle.com/

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7 Tasting Notes

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Oh, yum. I’m not sure I’ve had peony petals before, but I’m on board! They remind me of a more floral, less tart hibiscus flavor.

This tea features a black tea base (unspecified, and I’m not well-versed enough in black teas to identify them by taste alone), peony petals, tiny sugar crystals, and “natural flavours.” It’s not exactly plummy, but it’s definitely got a deep fruitiness to it that comes out the more it cools. It’s not terribly sweet, either, despite the sugar crystals.

I like this a lot. It’s very cozy, and I could see enjoying it year-round… it might make an interesting cold brew.

Flavors: Drying, Floral, Plum, Stonefruit, Tannic

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec

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Shae Advent Day 3

This is a tea I’ve added to my cart before, but I never actually made a Whistling Kettle order, so I guess you were reading my mind, Shae! Hot, it doesn’t taste like much, but when I waited for it to cool, some nice fruity notes came out, and I’m enjoying it! Milk and sugar complement it nicely. The fruit flavor is complex, not just the same fruity flavorings added to every tea. I’d say it tastes somewhat like plum or fig. And the sparkles are so pretty!

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Ehm… not sure if I even have time for this tasting note. So sorry if you have been expecting something funny, light-hearted or anything. Nothing from that from me today. I just get an email saying tomorrow there is an exam from Forwarding. Yes, she decided on that in the first week of semester, but she could at least remind us week in advance.

Shae’s ADVENT CALENDAR, December 8
The concentrated aroma in pouch, in the morning I have opened it was just… too strong. But then it was much, much better and now I think I am close to “love it” mark. What a coincidence I bought prunes today to use in the Christmas cookies. At least I think so. They aren’t on the photo though, as I don’t know how much of them are needed and the package isn’t that big at all.

I think I notice cinnamon in as well. At least based on the aroma; among the prunes. Seeing sugar crystals in the blend is nice, but for me, who almost never sweeten tea, well it’s going to be bit tricky.

Are those prunes in liquid form? I was afraid it would be sweet, or exactly opposite, but… it is just right. A bold black tea base, prunes and cinnamon. No alcoholic note as another thing I was afraid of, as I had tried few plum teas. I can imagine the cinnamon bit more prominent, but maybe adding it next time and it will be just great.

Photo: https://flic.kr/p/2keKPY6

Flavors: Cinnamon, Plum

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 4 min, 0 sec 3 g 9 OZ / 265 ML
Courtney

Good luck on your exam!

Shae

I love this one. amandastory516 sent this blend in our advent swap last year!

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Sipdown Progress Challenge
January 2024 | A winter inspired blend

A favorite that’s been knocking around in my cabinet for a while. This is still available so it’s on my sipdown list for January. I don’t specifically taste prunes or plums, more of a generic stone fruit flavor, but it’s delicious.

*Note to future self — this one curdles with milk.

Flavors: Stonefruit

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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Not a bad tea, and as a black tea it’s solid, but I didn’t detect any especially strong plummy or cinnamony aromas or flavors. It’s certainly a pretty tea – the sugar crystals do give the loose leaf tea a sparkle – but it didn’t have a strong non-standard-black-tea flavor. I would neither recommend nor not recommend it; I’m ambivalent about this tea. The creamer I added did provide a deeper flavor to the tea. Probably good for people who like flavored black teas but don’t want (or want a break from) strongly flavored black tea.

Flavors: Cinnamon, Sugar

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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