Today’s tea is Ginger Peach! I never got this one for myself bc I used to work at a place that sold Republic of Tea ginger peach and I didn’t like it, so I assumed this would be the same. It’s not!
The first whiff coming out of the bag smells like otter pops–like, specifically an artificial fruitiness. After that it smells like ginger ale like most gingery teas do. And then it mellows into a nice vaguely fruity, vaguely gingery melange.
At the three-minutes-for-black tea mark it smells nice. Sort of peachy, sort of apricoty, not much ginger. And the taste is not too gingery either, but mild and fruity, and mostly like tea. Probably sugar would bring the peach out (but I have a cavity so not today).
It tastes mostly like tea, with that floral peachiness up front and the kinda-gingeriness in the back after you swallow. But you can sort of feel the ginger in your belly? This would probably be a good tea for after dinner, or if you’re feeling icky in your stomach, without it being as overwhelmingly gingery as teas meant for that sort of situation. It doesn’t taste medicinal at all.
Here’s what the bag for today looks like:
Letting it sit makes the tea stronger. Like most black teas, it takes on sort of a bitter edge pretty quickly, but also the ginger gets stronger and that actually seems to balance the bitterness. When it’s real strong, I bet it could stand up to milk really well.
Overall, a pretty pleasant tea, considering I didn’t think I’d even like it at all!
Another Cup Of Tea 