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This one has excellent elderberry flavouring. It’s really fruity, bright, and floral (violet is good here too). It pops and I love it. Also, I’d no clue that this contained (AU’s signature use of) lapsang souchong, as well as some oolong. I’m sure they add important dimensions to this tea but I don’t notice them much for the vivid flavouring and the milk I added.
Anyways, glad I enjoyed this tea; it was one of the AU blends I was most looking forward to trying too (its name and ingredients list speak to my not-so-secret love of symphonic metal and Alcest).
Flavors: Berries, Elderberry, Floral, Fruity, Violet
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I’m a huge symphonic metal fan!
Yay! I’m always just excited when people even know what that is. These things tend to go hand in hand with a love for sci-fi/fantasy :)
Love Alcest, but not gonna lie, not the biggest fan of most symphonic metal. Too much of it tends to go all in on the cheese and fantasy nerdiness. I do love both symphonic black metal and symphonic death metal though.
It’s so cheesy! I love that about it but I get it – it’s like blue cheese level cheese too. Nowadays, I usually go for prog metal (also cheesy at times) and some black metal..ish.. stuff. Just starting to appreciate death metal (symphonic inclined stuff like Septic Flesh and similar is a good way of easing into it, lol).
But bands like The Gathering, Nightwish, Epica, Kamelot, Sonata Arctica, Blind Guardian, Amorphis, Devin Townsend, and Opeth got me into metal so I’ve a huge soft spot for these styles XD
I need to order from them one day. They have so many nice sounding ones like Civil Disobedience or The Black Lodge.
@Ze_Teamaker, they do have some cool tea names. If it’s in your budget (and if they have a deal on), I definitely recommend getting their big “all the tea” sampler box. They’ve been neat and creative, if not always to my personal liking (Civil Disobedience and Black Lodge are particularly quirky blends with smoke).
They also sell all their tea in 4-cup sample sizes, so you can do your own mixing and matching too.
CrowKettle, thank you for being so helpful in sharing the best way around tea things with new or less familiar companies. Hooray for the yays!
I’m a huge symphonic metal fan!
Yay! I’m always just excited when people even know what that is. These things tend to go hand in hand with a love for sci-fi/fantasy :)
Love Alcest, but not gonna lie, not the biggest fan of most symphonic metal. Too much of it tends to go all in on the cheese and fantasy nerdiness. I do love both symphonic black metal and symphonic death metal though.
It’s so cheesy! I love that about it but I get it – it’s like blue cheese level cheese too. Nowadays, I usually go for prog metal (also cheesy at times) and some black metal..ish.. stuff. Just starting to appreciate death metal (symphonic inclined stuff like Septic Flesh and similar is a good way of easing into it, lol).
But bands like The Gathering, Nightwish, Epica, Kamelot, Sonata Arctica, Blind Guardian, Amorphis, Devin Townsend, and Opeth got me into metal so I’ve a huge soft spot for these styles XD
I need to order from them one day. They have so many nice sounding ones like Civil Disobedience or The Black Lodge.
@Ze_Teamaker, they do have some cool tea names. If it’s in your budget (and if they have a deal on), I definitely recommend getting their big “all the tea” sampler box. They’ve been neat and creative, if not always to my personal liking (Civil Disobedience and Black Lodge are particularly quirky blends with smoke).
They also sell all their tea in 4-cup sample sizes, so you can do your own mixing and matching too.
CrowKettle, thank you for being so helpful in sharing the best way around tea things with new or less familiar companies. Hooray for the yays!