March Mad(Hatter) Tea Tournament!
Round #1 – Match #15 Tealyra – Parisian Sparkling Wine VS. Necessiteas – Blueberry Cheesecake
One is an exceptional cheesecake tea even still (though now lacking the blueberry). The other is an exceptional fruity tea that actually tastes exactly like champagne. Both of these unique flavors are impossible to emulate in a cup of tea. But both somehow succeed. (I don’t think any other blend has had a champagne flavor like this before…other than the ones being sold from different shops, of course.) Another very tough match. The green tea is harsh and very crumbled at this point, which is probably not quite what it started out as. If only the Blueberry Cheesecake had aced the blueberry flavor, it might have won. But it was definitely the BEST blueberry cheesecake tea when I first tried it! Winner: Parisian Sparkling Wine
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Wow, these both sound totally delicious! That’s a tough one.
I love “Parisian Sparkling Wine” (Dethlefsen & Balk catalogue blend carried by many, including Angry Tea Room). One of my all-time favorite teas (though I sipped it down some time ago and haven’t had a chance to restock it yet…)
Yep, you sending me some of this in the past inspired me to buy it from Tealyra, Mastress Alita!
Oh and it looks like Necessiteas also has the blend: Strawberry Rose Champagne. And I want to try ALLLL the Necessiteas blends… but it doesn’t look like they have Blueberry Cheesecake anymore.
I’m 100% alcohol intolerant now because of my migraines (even foods that undergo similar fermentation like kombucha get to me!) but long, long ago, I would drink with my (now sober!) sister, and putting frozen strawberries in lieu of ice cubes into chilled white wine was a thing for us. This tea took me right back to that as far as flavor.
Yeah, I was never really a drinker of alcohol, mainly because even a sip would basically just give me a headache.
Wow, these both sound totally delicious! That’s a tough one.
I love “Parisian Sparkling Wine” (Dethlefsen & Balk catalogue blend carried by many, including Angry Tea Room). One of my all-time favorite teas (though I sipped it down some time ago and haven’t had a chance to restock it yet…)
Yep, you sending me some of this in the past inspired me to buy it from Tealyra, Mastress Alita!
Oh and it looks like Necessiteas also has the blend: Strawberry Rose Champagne. And I want to try ALLLL the Necessiteas blends… but it doesn’t look like they have Blueberry Cheesecake anymore.
I’m 100% alcohol intolerant now because of my migraines (even foods that undergo similar fermentation like kombucha get to me!) but long, long ago, I would drink with my (now sober!) sister, and putting frozen strawberries in lieu of ice cubes into chilled white wine was a thing for us. This tea took me right back to that as far as flavor.
Yeah, I was never really a drinker of alcohol, mainly because even a sip would basically just give me a headache.