A.C. Perch's Thehandel
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This is another tea from Courtney that I have received. Now, only one remains to try. Thank you!
I consider myself quite experienced with nordic / European berries, but mulberries are new for me in a cup of tea I suppose. Definitely unusual ingredient.
The tea, which you are supposed to steep 7 minutes is quite light in flavour, but the berries are clearly present in the taste and combined with flavorful white tea that tastes like a melon; it just go so well together. Smooth, creamy tea with fruity element that was so familiar, but somehow not experienced so far.
One cup of tea remains in my pouch and it’s one of the teas that I don’t want to see go.
Preparation
Thanks again to Courtney for sending me a sample of this one. I originally planned to gong fu a straight tea today, but I’ve been having trouble getting going and blew through most of my caffeine window. So instead I opted for a blend that feels special. I rarely see mulberry blends and they’re so so tasty. This one does a good job of letting the mulberry shine while also having a bit of complexity from the tropical fruit flavors and just enough heft from the base. The word that comes to mind today is shimmering, for some reason. Not literally but in terms of the vibe. It’s working for me.
Many thanks to Courtney for sending me some of this when I ordered a few things from her stash sale. I haven’t had a mulberry tea in ages – not since DavidsTea discontinued theirs – but this one is as delicious as I remember those being. It’s tasty hot, but admittedly I prefer it when it cools. It’s juicy, sweet, and perfect for a summer’s day. I kept thinking I could taste peach, but since there isn’t any in this blend I’m guessing that was my brain misreading the papaya. No astringency, no dryness – the base really plays up the mulberry flavor nicely. Super glad I still have a few cups of this left.
Logging this tasty little number for the sipdown. I stand by my effusive praise and high rating from the first time I tried it — it’s so good, and I am sad to see it go!
In fact, I’m going to bump the rating up… I’m really digging it.
2023 sipdown count: 48
Received this in a swap from Courtney and it’s so good! It smells like sweet cream and tastes like creamy vanilla pudding with berries. Yet it’s also really bright and fruity and light. Super delicious — thanks for sharing, Courtney!
Flavors: Berries, Cream, Creamy, Fruity, Sweet, Vanilla
The base here has an edge of astringency, but I lower the steeping time to 3 minutes and it works out quite well. The berry flavours are very ‘wild’ tasting with hints of strawberry and the European ‘red fruit’ flavour. I believe there’s meant to be red currant here as well and there is a jammy quality I’ll chalk up to that. Overall a really tasty tea, and one I’d happily order for our cupboard again.
Preparation
Comparison of A.C. Perch Queen’s Blend & Organic French Earl Grey (posted under both teas)
Both steeped for 3 minutes at 200 ° F
Queen’s Blend — There’s a mixed base here of Ceylon and green gunpowder. The gunpowder is noticeable, but adds a level of complexity. I’ve only had gunpowder from A.C. Perch and I know someone mentioned last year that it’s often smoky — I’ve thankfully not experienced that with their straight gunpowder or this tea. I would say the bergamot is the same in both these teas. A says this one, hands down, is her favourite (though she enjoys both).
French EG — This version has the Ceylon base. This tea comes off as “cleaner” or perhaps “crisper” with the single base tea. I actually really enjoy both of these teas and either (or both!) would be great additions to our cupboard.
Preparation
A.C. Perch 2022 Advent Day 23: Organic French Earl Grey
This was one divine. Very clean taste, light-bodied, and beautiful blending of the bergamot. I understeeped at 3 minutes, but it paid off. I would order this for our cupboard without hesitation!
Preparation
A.C. Perch 2022 Advent Day 21: Cool Herbal
Dry, this one smelled strongly of grapefruit. Once steeped it was too heavy on the liquorice root. It came across as stevia and had a mouth-coating effect. Otherwise, the lemongrass and peppermint nearly cancelled each other out. No real grapefruit taste in the steeped tea.
Comparison of A.C. Perch Queen’s Blend & Organic French Earl Grey (posted under both teas)
Both steeped for 3 minutes at 200 ° F
Queen’s Blend — There’s a mixed base here of Ceylon and green gunpowder. The gunpowder is noticeable, but adds a level of complexity. I’ve only had gunpowder from A.C. Perch and I know someone mentioned last year that it’s often smoky — I’ve thankfully not experienced that with their straight gunpowder or this tea. I would say the bergamot is the same in both these teas. A says this one, hands down, is her favourite (though she enjoys both).
French EG — This version has the Ceylon base. This tea comes off as “cleaner” or perhaps “crisper” with the single base tea. I actually really enjoy both of these teas and either (or both!) would be great additions to our cupboard.
Preparation
A.C. Perch 2022 Advent Day 20: Queen’s Blend
This one definitely had that bergamot edge that can be in straight EGs, but not nearly as intense as most I’ve tried. I think the mix of base teas here serves to mellow it out. Also, A.C. Perch teas are always smooth. I would order this one for our cupboard!
Preparation
A.C. Perch 2022 Advent Day 19: Green Organic Darjeeling
This one is smooth, as per usual with A.C. Perch. I wouldn’t say it’s anything special, but I have enjoyed drinking the teapot. The tea itself is very light-bodied, yet has the distinctive Darjeeling characteristics that I find enjoyable — some hay notes especially.
This is my first full day working from home in months and I am so grateful to be able to truly sit an enjoy a tea which I haven’t done in a long time.
I am happy to hear you could work from home! I would enjoy it sometimes as well (that dreary reports for HQ!).
Being able to drink tea is my favorite perk of working from home!
Like Courtney, I can’t take my mask off at work either, so no tea for me ):
Happy for you, Courtney :)
A.C. Perch 2022 Advent Day 17: White Temple
This tea was really tasty! The tropical fruit scent was very prevalent in the dry tea, and the flavours really came through once steeped. I would say pineapple and orange with hints of mango as well. I really delightful tea and I assume one that would be very tasty chilled.
A.C. Perch 2022 Advent Day 15: Caribbean Star
I didn’t get much flavour from this, but that was my fault as I was happily eating through a sleeve of gingerbread thins at the same time XD. I can say it was smooth with some fruitness. I have some left, so I’ll try to remember to make a more detailed note.
A loved it so much she said we must order it for the cupboard.
A.C. Perch 2022 Advent Day 12: Ceylon OP
True to A.C. Perch form, another incredibly smooth tea. This was a light-bodied Ceylon with absolutely no astringency or bitterness. We both really enjoyed this one — one of those cups where I drank a whole teapot without realising.
I am glad we have more of this one and would consider adding this to our cupboard.
A.C. Perch 2022 Advent Day 11: White Symphony
The rose was all that came through. The rose was definitely stronger in scent than flavour, but with so many teas behind I wasn’t in the mood to drink the whole cup of this one.
Also, I think the ingredients of this one have changed since the original notes. The booklet that comes with the calendar states: “White tea (China), pear pieces, flavoring, pomegranate pieces, rose leaves, cardamom, vanilla pieces”.
:)
I loved this one!