Revisiting this one today for my first morning tea. I have very much the same impression that I had the first time around, which is that this is a tasty tea. But if I was doing a blind tasting of it, I probably wouldn’t identify it as an Earl Grey. And I certainly wouldn’t identify it as a creamy Earl Grey.
I might identify it as a fruity floral, in the same general category as one of the Kusmi black tea blends like St. Petersburg. I don’t taste vanilla or cream, I don’t taste bergamot. I taste something vaguely fruity that is more of a red fruit taste than a citrus taste, that starts fruity and ends floral. Almost rose-like.
Torn on the rating. It gets a lot of points for tastiness and smoothness, but it doesn’t taste like what it says it is, i.e., an earl grey creme. I’m going to keep the rating where it is. I really like the tea (points up). But it isn’t what I think of as an Earl Grey creme (points down).
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Simpson & Vail is such an odd company. Some of their blends are just awful, but some are truly gems. I don’t know what to think.
I sometimes wonder whether the reason their teas don’t necessarily taste like what I’d expect is because they arrived in those paper bags nestled together, sharing their smells with each other when I unpacked the order.
That absolutely ruined an order I got from them once. Damn Strawberry Cupcake! I only order their stuff in the tin option now. :/
Simpson & Vail is such an odd company. Some of their blends are just awful, but some are truly gems. I don’t know what to think.
I sometimes wonder whether the reason their teas don’t necessarily taste like what I’d expect is because they arrived in those paper bags nestled together, sharing their smells with each other when I unpacked the order.
That absolutely ruined an order I got from them once. Damn Strawberry Cupcake! I only order their stuff in the tin option now. :/