Pomegranate & Raspberry

Mmmmmm, this tea was nice! It’s usually very hard to please me in the “fruity herbal” department, although I am a big time sucker for anything berry-flavored. The sweetness of the pomegranate balances out the tartness of the raspberry beautifully, and it’s not like WOAH-Holy-Hibiscus-Get-This-Nasty-Bitter-Sludge-Outta-My-Mouth (Thank God). It steeps a nice red color, and it smells melodic. I added a teaspoon of honey, and it was just perfect.

Lovely afternoon tea to have with a friend. Which I did. :)

This is one of the best herbal teas I’ve ever tasted. For once, that very assertive trademark hibiscus flavor only serves to benefit the tea! The hibiscus taste really brings that pucker to the pomegranate flavor, and the raspberry tastes seedy and juicy. Tastes like it would be great iced – pity I don’t have another bag to test that with!

Smells like red jello and vitamins, tastes sweet-tart. This one’s too sharp for me. The pomegranate flavor is pretty spot on, though. I like Twinings Holiday Berry better. It has more of a darker red fruits flavor. I also seem to be in the minority for not liking this tea.

Day 16 of my Steepster homemade advent calendar from Kelmishka! I’ve still been drinking my advents the past couple of days but I needed a break from writing up proper tasting notes. So now I have some catching up to do! Thankfully I took handwritten notes to work off of.

I like the pomegranate and raspberry flavors in here! They’re sweet and juicy. It’s got some hibiscus tartness going too, and a little bit of that same syrupiness that some of the Clipper berry teas have. I’m not sure what causes that! In this case, it’s mild enough to be pleasing rather than off-putting – but it does make me think this is one herbal where I wouldn’t suggest leaving the bag in indefinitely. This would also probably make a good tea soda.

I love fruit and hibiscus teas and the liquorice and chicory added a nice complexity

Had high hopes for this one but ultimately I found that the flavor left much to be desired. I didn’t use too much water so it couldn’t have been overly diluted. Had a lot of potential but just wish that the pomegranate and raspberry notes were more prominent.

Perfect iced!

Love this herbal tea, perfect sweetness to it. It has a little floral aspect to it as well.

While the tea was steeping I thought it smelled somewhere between hot cough syrup and hot Kool-Aid. However, this tea really redeemed itself because it tasted really good. I was quite happy with the blend of fruity flavors. It did not taste at all tart the way I steeped it (with water just below boiling temperature for 4 minutes).

This tea smells amazing and tastes just as good. I bought this for the hibiscus, but I bought it again for the whole package. It’s the exact right balance of sweet, sour, fruity and floral.