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“The owner of the Granville Island Tea Co. told me that this is one of their most popular blends, though I do wonder if that has partially to do with the fact that Granville Island is a popular...” Read full tasting note
“I think this tea’s finally grown on me. A shame because this is the last cup I’ve got left. I feel my taste for wine grew with this, despite the fact I didn’t actually DRINK any wine. The base is...” Read full tasting note
“Cold Brew! Didn’t have a super awesome experience with this one, and I’m trying to decide if I think it’s because of the tea itself or if it’s more on the user side – specifically with potential...” Read full tasting note
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The owner of the Granville Island Tea Co. told me that this is one of their most popular blends, though I do wonder if that has partially to do with the fact that Granville Island is a popular tourist destination and ice wine is becoming known as a rather Canadian sort of thing – like maple syrup.
I found the smell of this tea to be richly sweet and quite fruity\grapey. It doesn’t smell fermented or yeasty like actual wine might, which I’m thankful for as I think that would be rather off-putting. The flavour is quite strong and authentic as if I’d actually mixed ice wine with the black tea in my cup. The flavour is very wine-like but sweeter and with a hint of something a bit floral on the aftertaste.
I really enjoyed this blend; maybe next time I’m in Vancouver I’ll buy a full pouch rather than the little sample of it got on my last visit.
I think this tea’s finally grown on me. A shame because this is the last cup I’ve got left. I feel my taste for wine grew with this, despite the fact I didn’t actually DRINK any wine. The base is mild, the "soapy"ness of my original post has evolved into a sweet muscatel grape. Reminds me a little more of white grapes (never liked the purple—I think because of growing up on the artificial purple grape taste).
Bumping up the rank just a bit. That’s the last of this.
Cold Brew!
Didn’t have a super awesome experience with this one, and I’m trying to decide if I think it’s because of the tea itself or if it’s more on the user side – specifically with potential over leafing. The reason I’m thinking it may be the latter is because the biggest issue I had drink this was just the intensity of the flavours. There’s was an almost soapy floral note that felt sort of out of place for an Ice Wine blend but also just an immensely cloying finish. I did expect sweetness because, well, this is an ice wine inspo we’re talking about. However it was just jarring and a bit undrinkable…
So next time I make this I’m going to try really hard to remember to scale back the leaf quite a bit so I can reassess.
