Blackberry Sage Oolong

Day 17 of 2022 Advent Calendar
Nothing wrong with it just not enough flavor for me. If i got another sample I would retry it by steeping it longer

Steep:
212°F
4 min
Metal Strainer

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: sweet berries and sage
Liquor: translucent dark orange brown
Steeped Tea Smell: tart berries, sage
Flavor: black tea more than vegetal, a bit of sage at end, hint berries
Body: medium
Aftertaste: sage

Post-Steep Additives:
sugar
a bit more of the tart berry flavor comes out

seems more like a black tea

Re-Steep:
5-6min
sage more pronounced, strong bakey flavor

Rating: 3/4 leaves

Leaf system:
1=Bleh! not again if it were free
2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options
3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out
4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing

YouTube
opening the calendar – https://youtu.be/wAs6gqjPtx0
first steep – https://youtu.be/bGvtHu56izw
resteep – https://youtube.com/shorts/V4vd-5jzER4

TikTok
opening the calendar – https://www.tiktok.com/circuitswan/video/7152716751891909930 first steep - https://www.tiktok.com/circuitswan/video/7160749930284567854
Resteep – https://www.tiktok.com/@circuitswan/video/7160754462594698538

Twitter – https://twitter.com/CircuitSwan/status/1587160659409907713

Blog Post – https://amazonv.blogspot.com/2022/10/adagio-teas-loose-leaf-oolong-tea_31.html

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Tried this one cold-brewed finally and it was good. Might try cold-brewing Adagio’s grapefruit oolong next.

Yum! Fruity and herbal in a really delightful way.

The sage gives it a strange, almost savory taste, and the blackberry flavor isn’t as strong as I’d like it to be.

Adagio Advent Calendar – Day 10

Ooh, well this sounds fun and interesting. I’m honestly not even a sage fan, but I’m still excited to try it. There’s a lot of sage in my pouch, hah.

I will say, it’s not bad at all. The sage is present but not overbearing, which is a relief. The blackberry flavoring does have a bit of chalkiness to it (an issue I often have with berry flavoring), but it does also taste like blackberry to me. A tad artificial though, perhaps. I also taste a bit of tart raspberry. I don’t really get much from the oolong base, which has also been true in similar Adagio oolong blends.

Mellow and pleasant. Not something I would order, but I can certainly see the appeal. If the blackberry flavor were just a touch more authentic, I think this would be really good.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CIoylQ5AHxM/

(today’s advent teas: https://www.instagram.com/p/CIn4CAHg-sf/)

Adventaggedon Day Seventeen – 3/6

This is my favourite non-fandom blend from Adagio so I was really excited to see it in my advent today, and conveniently I had blackberries in the fridge so I even got to enjoy my cup of it with some reaallllyyyyy juicy and tender fresh blackberries.

It was a sage heavy cup, but the combo of sage and jammy blackberry is something very special and dynamic. I loved the extra acidity and brightness that combining it with the real blackberries added, but at the end of the day it’s the perfect level of sweetness and the great clarity of flavours that keep me coming back to this blend.

The Cherry Marzipan Oolong was very good, but it’s hard to imagine anything left in the Adagio advent is going to bring me quite as much joy as this blend did today.

Today’s Advent Photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/CmSPlmfOy2m/

Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdmS1zin6fQ