93
drank Ice Wine by Whiteshell Tea Co.
894 tasting notes

Oh my god, I love ice wine tea. The smell of it is intense, explosive. Lots of black tea and fruit. Fruit fruit fruit! And sweetness! The liquor is dark and thick looking, almost like coffee. And the taste matches the look and smell. Bold and full-mouth, sweet with a touch of bitterness, a bit of fermented wine, a lot of fresher fruit flavours and a hint of honey and caramel. It’s not the most complex tea, but it still has a lot of awesome stuff going on.

Ice wine tea was one of my early loves when I was getting into tea, and then I moved cities and I couldn’t find any at my local shops. Then this bag was unexpectedly re-gifted to me, and happiness! I just hope I can get more because I’m almost out, and the company this is from doesn’t have a website and is a bit of a drive for me.

Flavors: Apple, Bitter, Caramel, Fruity, Grapes, Honey, Red Wine, Sweet

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 4 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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I grew up drinking jasmine green tea with meals, but really fell in love with tea on a trip to Britain in elementary school. My first great love was Earl Grey, and I still adore it and all its variants.

I discovered the beauty of loose leaf tea much later, when, on impulse, I picked up a few teas that were on clearance at a home store. My introduction to loose leaf teas were Masala Chai and Provence Rooibos by the Metropolitan Tea Co and an unknown brand of kukicha and gyokuro (little did I know what a precious treasure I’d stumbled onto with that.)

At the time I was lucky to live in a place with multiple tea shops and several places to have afternoon tea, which is a delight I still miss.

Tea is part of my daily ritual and a nice, affordable way to appease the collector in me.

I enjoy distinctive whites, greens and oolongs, flavoured blacks, and herbals that are heavy on the citrus, lavender or mint.

Rating rubric, to give myself some consistency:
0-15 Yuck, not even drinkable.
16-30 Disappointing, not really inclined to give it a second try.
31-45 Disappointing, but maybe there’s potential? Worth one more try, prepped differently.
46-60 Mediocre, not terrible but not memorable.
61-75 Not bad. I’ll definitely finish what I have and might buy again.
76-90 Very enjoyable. Tasty, complex, it’ll keep me coming back.
91-100 BEST! I love everything about it and I will drink it forever.

Beyond tea, I’m a sex educator, polyamory activist, and radical queer. I love backwoods camping, abstract painting, baking & cooking, nail polish, cats, ceramic sculpture, and home nesting.

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Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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