Thé de L'Avent

Another share from MissB – thank you!!

Daaaang, this was good! I had no clue what it was supposed to be, but I actually really enjoyed it. My best guess was rhubarb or sour cherry, which apparently is wildly off (although I swept through a couple tasting notes, and VariaTEA picked up black cherry, and Roswell Strange got stone fruits, so… maybe I’m not so crazy).

Anyways, regardless of what this was, it was good, and I’d like more, thanks. I have one generous cupful left; hopefully it’s as good as the first!

I love the balance of flavours in this brew and that the tea base is quite good and able to come through. I can taste a mild coconutty flavour.

Thanks to MissB for making up a sample of this one for me to try

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So I am genuinely confused but I cold brewed this for quite some time and the end result is black cherry. What? Where is that element even coming from? So very strange but still quite tasty. This tea is truly unique and I am grateful to MissB for the opportunity to try it.

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Thank you MissB for the sample!

I finished it off a few days ago as a cold brew. I tried it blindly, meaning without any prior knowledge about the ingredients or what the tea was supposed to taste like. Having now read the ingredients I think I was a little off, though some of my conclusions aren’t exactly leaps either.

The first thing I noticed was mild cocoa notes; they were a touch powdery like I’ve been observing lately with chocolate notes in French teas. The most interesting part of the tea to me was this note than took up most of the body of the sip; I really wanted to call it walnut but it had a bit of extra sweetness to it that wasn’t maple, like is usually paired up with walnut. I guess that’d be the caramel.

It finished with a fruitier note; I was tempted to say stonefruit ‘cause it certainly wasn’t anything berry like or tropical. Citrus definitely didn’t come to mind either, but I guess that would’ve been the accurate classification given it was apparently orange. I couldn’t figure out what the base was; I suppose that’s because it’s a cross of two different tea types.

Meh, a fairly solid tea but relatively average. MissB definitely sent several far more interesting blends my way, that’s for sure. But this wasn’t the worst!

I think this will be one that a bunch of the crew enjoys. Another from MissB that will be making the rounds later. this is an interesting tea because it’s a green/black cacao blend. Caramel and chocolate…. really neat and tasty. Thanks again/still for the shares MissB!

Wowza. Now this is some amazing tea! It’s like drinking a rich thick tea caramel with a hint of chocolate. It’s nuanced, and beyond divine.