Not Recommended
Golley, I sure wanted to like this tea, but I just can’t. It tasted stale and lifeless. Each of the stuffed oranges is smaller than a ping-pong ball, and a dull green in color. I broke it apart and used the entire content of tea plus all of the orange skin in the brew. 4 min western style steeping. The black tea component was nondescript, unimpressive and dull. The orange skin contributed just the faintest of citrus flavor. The 2nd and 3rd steepings went downhill from there. There was no indication of a production date or expiration date on the packaging, and I can’t help but wonder if these are from the same batch that were reviewed here some five years ago. Because they certainly taste old, and not in a good way. It is not offensive, or foul, but it could’ve been so much better! If you like citrusy teas, then I recommend going with something else. Even just tossing a few fresh orange peel bits into a cup with a Lipton tea bag from the grocery store will outperform this king orange in zing, depth, and complexity, and at 1/20th the price. Bigelow’s Constant Comment is a hundred times better. The best thing I can say is that I bought the smallest sample package possible (3 pieces), so the price of this education was minimal.
Flavors: Orange, Tea
Preparation
Boiling
3 min, 0 sec
8 g
8 OZ / 236 ML
