In the bag, it smells like…banana bread? Like that specific tang of cooked banana, a little sweet, but without all the other smells of sugar and such. And then after it’s been open a minute, more floral.
At the black-tea appropriate three minute mark, it’s a moderately light gold brew, much lighter than I was expecting! It doesn’t smell like much, just sort of earthy. And the taste is really mild and earthy too–honestly, it doesn’t even taste that much like what you’d expect a standard tea to taste? There’s almost no tannins so it’s super mild. Maybe this is what tea leaves taste like themselves, under the usual bitterness?
But in a pleasant way. Very refined and you can tell it’s quality, it has that Fancy Tea sort of time to the flavors.
After leaving the tea in the cup (because I’m a savage who doesn’t take it out), it darkened a little and got a bit stronger, but mostly it stayed gentle and gold and not bitter. Maybe took on a little more of those floral notes.
On rebrewing, it got darker and a little bitterer, closer to what might be a more typical tea taste, but lost that floralness.
Conclusion:
- A lovely gentle sipping tea! Doesn’t need anything but leaves and hot water.
- Sugar and cream would definitely overpower this tea, and are entirely unneeded.
- I really want it to have those toasty fruity flavors, so I think I’ll try this tea again with better water.
Another Cup Of Tea 