Just opened up the package of this tea. It’s the first I’m trying from my order that just arrived. The scent is dark chocolate and red berries. Raspberry was my guess, but no, it’s cranberry! There is something else slightly savory. Once steeped I get similar flavors in each sip. Mostly tart berry on the sip, which chocolate in the finish and something that makes the sides of my tongue pucker in the same way wheat grass juice does. A little bit of hay lingers along with a dry sensation in my throat. I’m not quite sure what to think of this. I want to play around with the steeping parameters to see if I can get a slightly more fulfilling cup out of this.
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This sounds super good.