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This has been on my shopping list for a while. I had a sudden need for berry-flavoured black exploration a while back and AC Perch’s had a number that I was interested in, but couldn’t make myself buy them all at the same time. I got their black currant black tea a while ago and have been enjoying that, so that definitely didn’t harm my interest in the others any.

Spurred on by taste success of the green blend earlier this evening/afternoon, I’ve moved on to the next, sharing a pot with the boyfriend as he suggested it sounded like something one might have during a cold (he’s poorly too, poor us) so here we go.

The aroma is sweet and fruity and not as penetrating as the black currant aroma is. This is sweeter and seems milder. On the aroma alone, I like this better than the black currant, I think.

Aroma, however, is not all, and direct comparison between blackberry and black currant is probably a bit like comparing apples and oranges. Unfair to both parties. It does however seem to be a milder, more discreet sort of flavoured, whereas the black currant is fairly violent on the flavouring intensity.

I like this. The blackberry isn’t really recognisable as 100% certainly blackberry but there is a fruity undertone, definitely, to a primarily black tea. The black base is even coming out a little strongly here, which makes me think I probably should have used a little less leaf. I was brewing in a different sized pot from the one I use 95% of the time, so it’s always a little touch and go with that.

As I said, I like this. In spite of it being a little on the strong side and the blackberry being rather shy (I’ve mentioned before that I quite like these subtle flavoured ones in general), but I’m not sure if it’s really a keeper. I can’t really see myself developing a craving for it at this point, but we’ll see how that goes. I remember having a similar thought about the black currant and I go through periods now and then where I have that one almost exclusively for two or three days. So we’ll see if the same thing happens with this one.

The boyfriend just popped his head into my room just now to say pretty much the same thing. He also liked it but agreed with my thoughts that it’s not, as he said, “a punch in the face with blackberry”.