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Mastress Alita’s Sipdown Challenge (September) – “A hibiscus tea”
I wasn’t sure what tea to use for this prompt, since I’m not a fan of hibiscus or fruit tisanes in general, so it’s not something I keep around. Luckily, this was in my Sips by box for September!
I used the whole sample, which was 12 grams, because I find I really need to use about double the volume of leaf for fruit tisanes or it comes out too weak. Now, this tisane looked like it was about 50% hibiscus, so I was nervous about using so much, but I did it anyway.
Happily, the hibiscus part is fine, it’s not overly sour and has a nice amount of tartness that doesn’t overpower the blend. However… This sort of tastes like a tropical-scented candle to me. Weirdly, it doesn’t really taste like peach or apricot, but has more of a generic tropical fruit vibe. I would guess mango, papaya, and maybe pineapple? But not the real fruits, the candle version of them ha ha. It just tastes weirdly artificial and there’s a slight floral note as well that’s not helping things.
How surprising that the hibiscus turned out to be the best part of this tisane… XD A shame, because the packaging for this tea is completely gorgeous.
Flavors: Artificial, Floral, Fruity, Hibiscus, Mango, Papaya, Pineapple, Sweet, Tart, Tropical
“The candle version” of fruits is a very evocative description! I know exactly what you mean.
Ha ha, it was all I could think about while sipping this so I’m glad it makes sense to someone! XD
At least it seems like a new company for me :)