Art of Tea sample 11/24
I could sit here and sniff this tea all day, but that wouldn’t be a very good review. The blueberry pieces are huge in this blend, understanding why it smells so deliciously berry and jasmine. The taste is of sweet blueberry and jasmine, a very very strong jasmine. It leaves a taste on my mouth similar to getting sprayed in the face with perfume/hairspray/air freshner that just is not pleasant. I love the initial taste of the blueberries, but the jasmine really throws one for a loop.
I wonder if this could be tamed by blending with another tea? Or an herbal berry blend? I really really wanted to love this one!
It got a little better when it cooled off, the jasmine wasn’t so much a perfume…or maybe my mouth built up a tolerance to it?
I agree, this blend is super-strong jasmine.
I’ve been known to use some of those uber-strong teas in a simmer pot as potpourri instead of tea … sounds like this might qualify.