The first time I smelled this tea, it was so familiar. I’m absolutely elated it only took one more whiff to figure it out, because it’s a weird one and it would have driven me crazy trying to hunt it down.
Dry, Thé des Impressionistes smells like… Shea Butter Hand Repair Cream with Cocoa Butter & Sesame Oil from Burt’s Bees.
It really, genuinely does.
The tea is more elegant, of course; where the hand cream speaks of long days in the freezing potting shed, the tea is smooth and creamy and indoorsy with a hint of something delectable baking in the oven – most probably Nigella’s Dense Chocolate Loaf Cake (http://food52.com/blog/5226-nigella-lawson-s-dense-chocolate-loaf-cake).
This is all scent so far – I’ve been so torn about tasting this (It smells like hand cream! And Nigella!) I’m doing a live tasting note in case it’s so horrifying I need moral support.
…
Okay, in the cup this just gets stranger. No hand cream. A dash of Nigella, but it’s a good dash. This comes off as a light, sophisticated gingerbread-esque shortcake.
I’m extremely confused by this tea right now, but I do enjoy it.
[Surreptitiously acquired from Mariage Frères in London, August 2013.]
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I’d be skeptical about trying a tea that smells like hand cream too!
Haha, yeah – but we have to be brave!
I’d always wondered what this tea tastes like. Not quite what I imagined, but it does sound interesting!
I have a sample from Ruby Woo Scarlett to try so I’ll jump on it to smell if I get the hand cream too !
I had some of the Burt’s Bees cream lying around, so I sat there smelling the tube (sniff) and then the tea (SNIFF) and then both (sniff-SNIFF-sniff-SNIFF). It was completely ridiculous, but it did smell so much the same to me.
Look forward to reading some more tasting notes on this!
I’d be skeptical about trying a tea that smells like hand cream too!
Haha, yeah – but we have to be brave!
I’d always wondered what this tea tastes like. Not quite what I imagined, but it does sound interesting!
I have a sample from Ruby Woo Scarlett to try so I’ll jump on it to smell if I get the hand cream too !
I had some of the Burt’s Bees cream lying around, so I sat there smelling the tube (sniff) and then the tea (SNIFF) and then both (sniff-SNIFF-sniff-SNIFF). It was completely ridiculous, but it did smell so much the same to me.
Look forward to reading some more tasting notes on this!