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This tea rounded out a lovely meal at The Harriet Brasserie. They provide a good amount of tea in a single use filter, a cup and a pot of hot water, so you can steep it however you like.

I did three short infusions of roughly 30 seconds each. My first impression on the nose and palette was a lot of sweet corn, followed by a bit of vegetal, grain and hay. There was a small amount of bitterness and astringency but not unpleasant.

The second steep was more mellow, but with the same notes. The third steep was a little long and more of the bitterness and astringency came out.

This is a beautiful green. I’m glad to have tried it and I would love to get my hands on some for my cupboard.

I was very excited to get a sample of this from Dexter. I really enjoy sichuan food, and this sounded down right intriguing. And it is.

The dry leaf smells like cinnamon and vanilla – really lovely but not that unique. Steeped for 2min after a quick rinse, the smell of it changes completely. Instead of the sweet smells of the dry leaf, I notice ginger sharpness, sichuan pepper and a mustiness. The same notes come out on the palette. Ginger, sichuan pepper, mustiness, earth and just a hint of sweetness and licorice on the finish. And of course, the characteristic numbing effect. As it cools there’s also a bit of smokiness.

Second steep is much more ginger, earth and sichuan pepper. The mustiness falls away and I don’t detect any more licorice.

The third steeping is mostly ginger and earth.

This is really different from anything I’ve tried before and I think I quite like it. My experience with pu’erhs is pretty limited, but this is in a whole different ballpark than any of the flavoured pu’erhs I’ve tried.

I doubt everyone will like this, but I think it’s worth trying.

Wow. Well the smell of this certainly lives up to its name. The fragrance is powerfully citrus coconut, with a hint of ginger spiciness and sweetness. My first whiff of the steeped tea immediately made me think of Thai green curry.

On the palette there’s lots of ginger and citrus at the beginning and middle of the sip, and then it mellows to sweet, creamy coconut on the finish. I catch a hint of the white tea, but it’s subtle and adds only a hint of earthiness and umami. The sip starts off light and then finishes rich and oily on the tongue.

I like this a lot. The taste and the fragrance remind me a lot of Thai curry. If you enjoy Thai food you will almost certainly like this.

I usually give a lot of side-eye and avoid teas that reference dieting, but lime and coconut make this irresistible to add to my Seven Sisters Tea order.

It’s quite different from what I was expecting. The lime is very subtle. The dominant flavour is the natural creaminess and sweetness of the coconut, and then secondary to that, a bit of earthiness, vegetal and umami from the oolong.

I really like the coconut flavour. It’s very natural, not sweetened, and extremely rich. You can see a fine film of coconut oil on the surface of the cup.

I’m going to have to try this iced with lime wedges.

Oh this is different. I was expecting something more neutral, but but this has an acidic juiciness, tartness, like a fruit tisane.

There’s some notes of sweet hay and fruit – apples, grapes, pineapple maybe? A bit of earthiness. All in all a light, fresh cup, and different from any of the white teas I’ve tried to-date.

I think my rating on this is going to shift around, as I try different steeps and more cups of this.

Edit: A second steep is more mellow. The tartness is less prominent, a bit more fruitiness on the nose, and the hay comes more toward to the forefront.

Mmm tasty. I haven’t had many mate-rooibos blends before. It’s woody, earthy, sweet and toasty, with lots of amaretto and caramel. There’s something vaguely like sweet coffee on the finish, that’s surprisingly nice.

It’s nice to be able to change up my morning cuppa, and still get a bit of caffeine. I’ll have to try this with milk and sugar, too.

This reminds me a lot of Teavana’s Fig Rose. It has the same sweet, nutty fig flavour dominant and then lots of pineapple notes. This tea is very, very sweet.

I’m not sure how much I like this. Like Fig Rose, I really like the taste of dried figs, but the nutty quality of this flavour is a bit weird. Might be good iced. It’s an interesting tisane for sure. I think I need to try it again to form more of an opinion.

I’m sad that I’m almost out of this. I love this tea.

It smells sweet, of figs and cherries. On the tongue there’s lots of melon, cherries, fig and carrot. The white tea is discernible but subtle in this blend. It adds a hint of astringency and earthiness. It’s light and juicy and so, so tasty. I’m having it hot but it would be amazing iced.