“Onto the next old holiday tea packet! The dry leaf for this smelled incredibly plummy to me rather than figgy, but still a very welcome aroma. Perhaps a hint muscatel with a metallic/earthy aroma...” Read full tasting note
“Thanks for the sample VariaTEA! I made this in a teapot the first time and I really didn’t get much flavour. Today I used the rest of the leaf (overleafed) to make a cup. The scent is reminding me...” Read full tasting note
“Sipdown (890)! I saw that VariaTEA wrote a tasting note about this earlier in the week, and I realized that I had a small enough sample of it that I could make myself a mug and sneak in a sipdown...” Read full tasting note
“Sipdown (289) I was having cheese on fig and olive crackers so I decided to pull out this tea. Alas, I’m mostly getting fruity cinnamon and not much else.” Read full tasting note
When it came time to do this year’s poll, only 2 Oolong teas from our archives were requested as reblends, which didn’t offer enough diversity for my liking – so rather than reblend one of the 2 Oolong teas on the poll, I decided to create a new Oolong tea this year.
This tea was inspired by one of my customers who is also a frequent poster on Steepster, who – in one of her posts – mentioned that she’d like to see a fig tea from me. So here it is (and it won’t be the last, fig is one of my favorite fruits, I just haven’t gotten around with experimenting with fig in tea yet . . . but now that I have, I think I’ll keep it up because – YUM!)
So I started with these three ideas in mind: Holiday tea, Oolong tea & Fig tea. I crafted a blend of Oolongs – Ruanzhi, Wuyi and Qingxin cultivars – which I chose because I wanted the Oolong to be a little more fruity and a little less floral. To this lovely Oolong blend, I added some figs. For the holiday element, I added some cinnamon. For the final touch, I added a little honey essence.
Really lovely – this tea. The oolong is smooth and sweet. It has pleasing notes of fruit with just a hint of floral. The fig is well-defined and the honey compliments the fig nicely. The cinnamon is warm and inviting without overwhelming the cup. As I say: really lovely! It’s also organic, VEGAN, gluten free & allergen free!
organic ingredients: oolong teas, figs, cinnamon & natural flavors
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