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I don’t know if my tastebuds are off lately, but I am not enjoying this Lupicia Apple. (It is not the Tsugaru Green Apple blend, it’s just standard Apple).

The black tea base is fine, if uninspired, but the apple taste is rather artificial and has an unpleasant ashy note. It smells pleasantly of ripe red apples, but the taste is odd- a bit metallic, almost like how pavement smells.

I like their other fruit blends but this one is just not very good. I’d almost question if it’s gone off, but I got it from the 2023 Book of Tea, so it should be quite fresh.

Perhaps it would be better with sugar? Sadly, this one is sadly a tosser for me. Hurrah for tea assortments that allow us to try loads of teas with reckless abandon.