Sipdown (2324)!
I’m not really sure what’s going on with this tea, but I think I sort of liked it? At the same time, it was strange and I felt a tad bit unsatisfied by the end of the cup, and I really can’t explain to myself why?? It tastes mostly like berry, but in a more thin and surface level way. Elderberry is one of those berries that can get pretty gnarly the more you use in a blend though, so I do think I prefer a less full bodied berry note over something sickly sweet or medicinal, which would be easy to accidentally do…
The base choice is strange. It’s gunpowder green tea and milk oolong!? Mostly it just tastes of the milk oolong, thankfully, but that sort of artificial butter note doesn’t seem all too cohesive with the berry notes and slight tartness. I think this is a case of “all the individual components are nice” but together they’re unorganized and messy…