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This was one I considered getting from Bird & Blend, but it didn’t quite make it into my order. Thankfully VariaTEA was kind enough to send me some in a swap! Now, I know from Bake Off that sherbet is an entirely different thing in the UK. Here in the States, it’s a sort of fruit-flavored ice cream. But in the UK, it’s actually a tart powder candy that is packaged in various ways (sort of like Pixy Stix, I imagine). The things you learn from watching Bake Off religiously! ;)
Anyway, this is a fairly plain lemon tea. It tastes more herbal than green to me because of the copious amount of lemon verbena in the mix. But I’m much happier with that than I would be with lemongrass! It also adds a nice tartness that makes it more interesting than just lemon-flavored tea.
It’s tasty and very enjoyable. I’m not sure I’d feel the need to stock it, since the lovely Yuzu from Lupicia fills the same sort of niche for me. But I’m glad to have tried it!
Flavors: Grass, Herbaceous, Lemon, Tart
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I was ignorant of the pronunciation of sherbet until this year. My whole life I called it sherbert. I’m going to stick with sherbert unless I find myself in the UK eating tart powder candy. Sherbet is too sharp of a sound for something cold and creamy.
Lol, that’s one of my biggest pet peeves! There are even some companies who put “sherbert” on their packaging… Ugh.
That seems to be the common pronunciation by hick Idahoans. I don’t use a second r, but I don’t give it a French ending either (as I’m led to believe the French-sounding ‘sorbet’ is something different, since it’s just fruit and ice and non-dairy and sherbet isn’t? At least, that’s what my vegan friend has led me to believe all this time…) I’ve never seen the British sherbet yet, but then, I’m not that many seasons into Great British Bake-off yet. Gotta savour it…
It seems to be a common pronunciation throughout the States from what I’ve seen. Most people that I mention it to don’t believe me that there isn’t a second “r” in the word!
And yes, sorbet is different as it doesn’t have any dairy. I’m not sure whether sherbet is different from ice cream though…
And YASSSS BAKE-OFF! I may or may not have watched the series multiple times at this point…
Lol, sub Ohioan with Idahoan. Sherbet like Herbert. It’s funny, my mom tried to excoriate the ‘briar’ from our roots but many parts of it live on. Denouncing one’s heritage ain’t easy. Sorbet is dairy-free.
Wait… You guys don’t have sherbet in the US? Oh man, you’re missing out! I used to love it as a child!
We have sherbet in the US, but I’ve never seen the UK-version of sherbet (the candy), heh, which unless it is carried in some sort of British-import speciality shop, we don’t have in the US. The sherbet we have is essentially just ice cream, and comes in half-gallons in the freezers at a grocery store. (And as mentioned, is very commonly called “sherbert” despite the spelling).
Wow, I’ve never seen US sherbet! I was obsessed with sour sweets as a kid so I ate a looooot of sherbet, haha. Do you have sherbet lemons over there? Hard boiled sweets with a sherbet centre?
If it is a candy, then I’ve certainly never seen it. The closest lemon candy is probably the hard Lemon Drops candy…
Yeah it’s a sweet. One of my favourites!
@Nattie – we do have some similar candies that are either fizzy and/or sour powder in the middle of a hard candy. They’re usually multiple different fruit flavors though, as opposed to only lemon.
Yep! The fizzy/sour powder is sold separately over here as sherbet. I don’t think we have the sweets in other flavours though.
I was ignorant of the pronunciation of sherbet until this year. My whole life I called it sherbert. I’m going to stick with sherbert unless I find myself in the UK eating tart powder candy. Sherbet is too sharp of a sound for something cold and creamy.
Lol, that’s one of my biggest pet peeves! There are even some companies who put “sherbert” on their packaging… Ugh.
That seems to be the common pronunciation by hick Idahoans. I don’t use a second r, but I don’t give it a French ending either (as I’m led to believe the French-sounding ‘sorbet’ is something different, since it’s just fruit and ice and non-dairy and sherbet isn’t? At least, that’s what my vegan friend has led me to believe all this time…) I’ve never seen the British sherbet yet, but then, I’m not that many seasons into Great British Bake-off yet. Gotta savour it…
It seems to be a common pronunciation throughout the States from what I’ve seen. Most people that I mention it to don’t believe me that there isn’t a second “r” in the word!
And yes, sorbet is different as it doesn’t have any dairy. I’m not sure whether sherbet is different from ice cream though…
And YASSSS BAKE-OFF! I may or may not have watched the series multiple times at this point…
Lol, sub Ohioan with Idahoan. Sherbet like Herbert. It’s funny, my mom tried to excoriate the ‘briar’ from our roots but many parts of it live on. Denouncing one’s heritage ain’t easy. Sorbet is dairy-free.
Wait… You guys don’t have sherbet in the US? Oh man, you’re missing out! I used to love it as a child!
We have sherbet in the US, but I’ve never seen the UK-version of sherbet (the candy), heh, which unless it is carried in some sort of British-import speciality shop, we don’t have in the US. The sherbet we have is essentially just ice cream, and comes in half-gallons in the freezers at a grocery store. (And as mentioned, is very commonly called “sherbert” despite the spelling).
Wow, I’ve never seen US sherbet! I was obsessed with sour sweets as a kid so I ate a looooot of sherbet, haha. Do you have sherbet lemons over there? Hard boiled sweets with a sherbet centre?
If it is a candy, then I’ve certainly never seen it. The closest lemon candy is probably the hard Lemon Drops candy…
Yeah it’s a sweet. One of my favourites!
@Nattie – we do have some similar candies that are either fizzy and/or sour powder in the middle of a hard candy. They’re usually multiple different fruit flavors though, as opposed to only lemon.
Yep! The fizzy/sour powder is sold separately over here as sherbet. I don’t think we have the sweets in other flavours though.