59 Tasting Notes
Flavor is decent, but unremarkable. Unfortunately, the aroma actually detracts from the experience for me. I don’t know if it’s an artificial peach flavor, or what, but it doesn’t smell like a fresh peach at all to me. More like a peach-flavored Jolly Rancher. Blech.
Prepared in Adagio IngenuiTEA teapot.
Preparation
This is very very nice. Robust, full body. Subtle grapefruit flavor. Not acidic or astringent at all. Would like to see a LITTLE more grapefruit come through, and it may in the second steeping as some others have said. Will be sure to post another tasting note when I try that.
Prepared in Adagio IngenuiTEA teapot.
Preparation
Steeped it longer and used a bit more leaf in an attempt to get it stronger. Unfortunately, it was a bit too long and it got bitter. Next time I’ll try the regular 5 minutes, but maintain the increase in amount of tea.
Prepared in Adagio IngenuiTEA teapot.
Preparation
Delightful aroma, both dry in the tin and brewed in the cup. Classic earl gray with pleasing berry overtones.
One must be extremely careful not to steep this too long. It can’t handle a typical 5-minute black tea steeping, despite being mostly Earl Grey. I typically do 3 minutes, and even going to 3:30 I notice some bitterness creeping in.
But when you do it just right, it’s a wonderful cup, and the only Earl Grey blend I’ve ever found that doesn’t ruin the Earl Grey-ness of its base tea.
Prepared in Adagio IngenuiTEA teapot.
If you want a good peach oolong, you should give their Dancong Aria a shot. Even though it’s an unflavored oolong I actually described it as being “peachy keen”. Yes, my name is Sara Schneider and I am a tea dork. LOL
Thanks for the advice! I wasn’t particularly LOOKING for a good peach oolong—I just got the Oolong Flavors sampler—but perhaps I will try that :)
I prefer the Oolong Peach from Two Guys’ Tea. There are no artificial flavors. It is all natural. Just check out the big picture on their website.
http://www.myteaguys.com/apps/webstore/products/show/3707997