The aroma of the dry leaf is….candy. Grape candy. Almost grape Dimetapp. This is one of the most beautiful teas I have ever seen. This is SO fluffy that my 100 grams went into a bag that would usually be used for seven or eight ounces of tea, and that bag is STUFFED! This is so full of flower petals that you can hardly find the actual tea! Thus the recommendation to use two teaspoons, heaping, so that you get one actual teaspoon tea.
The liquor is purple. Yes, I mean really purple. And it still smells like grape Dimetapp. It is a good thing grape Dimetapp is a medicine or I would drink it by the gallon and be really huge.
I wasn’t sure I wanted my tea to taste like grape candy, though, and I am glad to say it doesn’t. The aroma is still quite strong but the flavor of the tea is much milder than you would expect from the color and the smell. This is a really smooth Formosa oolong base and I am not picking up any roast-y notes. The grape and fig flavor comes on the end of the sip, riding that aroma up into your sinuses. Then the flavor lingers on your tongue.
We made two steeps so far and the second was as richly colored and flavorful as the first. Those bright blue flower petals are now fully relieved of their color when I look at them in the pot, so I guess I know where this gets its purple hue.This will be fun to serve next Tuesday for tea party day. I think I want to try this iced as well. I think it would be delicious!
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OK, where is Tin Roof Teas? You’ve mentioned so many fun places lately, I’m thinking I need to plan a southeastern tea tour!
Tin Roof Teas is in Cameron Village in Raleigh. They have almost three hundred teas and are tea and chocolate pairing specialists. O.O That’s right, I just said that.
The shopping area is so wonderful. Many stores, including TRT, say Dogs Welcome. Most eateries have sidewalk tables and one even provides dog bowls and a hose so your furry friend can have water or share your lunch. Let me know when you make that tour and we will get together for lunch! :)
My current recreational travel budget can foot the gas to the end of my driveway. I may have to walk, so schedule that lunch thing for late in the year ;)
OK, where is Tin Roof Teas? You’ve mentioned so many fun places lately, I’m thinking I need to plan a southeastern tea tour!
Tin Roof Teas is in Cameron Village in Raleigh. They have almost three hundred teas and are tea and chocolate pairing specialists. O.O That’s right, I just said that.
The shopping area is so wonderful. Many stores, including TRT, say Dogs Welcome. Most eateries have sidewalk tables and one even provides dog bowls and a hose so your furry friend can have water or share your lunch. Let me know when you make that tour and we will get together for lunch! :)
My current recreational travel budget can foot the gas to the end of my driveway. I may have to walk, so schedule that lunch thing for late in the year ;)