This is from Doulton! Thank you!
Mariage Freres does not provide much in the way of a description for this tea. So it’s up to me to try and figure out what is in this. I love a challenge – bring it on!
The scent is reminiscent of chocolate covered strawberries. Upon tasting, I’m getting something creamy (banana?) and the faintest hint of tart raspberry. This is most interesting. One of the things I’m enjoying about this is that it doesn’t seem to be astringent. It has some creaminess, like vanilla or banana, that calms down the black tea. I think adding some milk to this would put the creamy factor on 12.
I recommend anyone who wants a tea adventure to try this. Since it lacks a description, it doesn’t fill your head with subliminal thoughts of what you’re supposed to taste. And since I’m not sure if all of the notes I detected were truly there, I can conclude that this tea was full just general delicious things.
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Ooh – how much fun! I’ve been intrigued about this tea called Vivaldi. All I think of when I see that name is his Four Seasons is his violin concertos. My silly question is which season does this tea evoke? I’m guessing spring or summer. :)
Sounds lovely!
It’s going on the list.
Ooh – how much fun! I’ve been intrigued about this tea called Vivaldi. All I think of when I see that name is his Four Seasons is his violin concertos. My silly question is which season does this tea evoke? I’m guessing spring or summer. :)
Sounds lovely!
It’s going on the list.