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I love cherry tea, but the last one I tried tasted like a cross between cough syrup and old plastic. This one, however, is delicious and everything I would want out of a cherry tea. It is a subtle cherry flavor that works well with the Bai Mu Dan and just a hint of vanilla. I’m not really picking up on the brandy, but I also know that my sample of tea is pretty old so the age may have affected the flavor a bit. I tried this hot this morning, but have been drinking it iced all day.

After being away for two weeks traveling I have really missed my evening cup of herbal tea. This was the last thing that came in before I left so I knew that I had to start with it first when I got home. After two weeks of road tripping with a toddler (who was very well behaved) I needed a nice cup to relax with as soon as I stepped throught the door.

I wasn’t sure how well this was going to work together, rooibos and chamomile are just so far apart taste wise and I really haven’t developed a taste for rooibos yet. I was surprised by how much I ejoyed it. You can certainly taste the peppermint and chamomile in this blend and the rooibos adds a flavor that is necessary to balance it all out. I don’t think I would have liked it nearly as much without it.

If you try this I would suggest shaking it up first, the chamomile was all at the top and the peppermint and rooibos had managed to sink to the bottom of my package.

I would like to thank Angel with TeaVivre for providing me with this sample. When I first opened my package I was surprised with the care they took when packaging the sample. Not only was it vacuum sealed in a foil pack, but the tea inside was also wrapped in plastic to preserve the flavor. 

My first steep was a pale golden color with a tinge of green. The aroma and scent from this steep was very floral, almost overwhelmingly so while it was hot. There was a bit of astringency while the tea was still hot, but it disappeared once it cooled. It also had a subtle sweetness that I noticed towards the end of each sip.

My second and third steeps were slightly darker in color and more golden. One thing that I have noticed is that the floral flavors become much more apparent with each additional infusion. There is also a bit of a mineral taste with these steeps that I only noticed while the tea was still hot. Once it cooled to room temperature it, as well as the slight astringency I noticed, completely disappeared.

This tea has such a depth to it that makes it a little hard to describe and I noticed immediately that the flavor isn’t like any other oolong that I’ve had. It very quickly became my new favorite oolong.

I’ve had several packages of this in the tea cupboard for who knows how long. Someone gifted me with 12 boxes of various flavored lipton pyramid tea bags. I’m not a fan of lipton so it has sat around, however in an effort to clear out any old tea I have I took two boxes of it on my road trip to Oklahoma.

If I hadn’t read the box I wouldn’t have believe that this was a black tea. It tastes more like a fruit herbal to me and pretty weak on the fruit side at that. I’ve had this before and I find that I like it better iced than hot (which works out perfectly today considering that it is going to be 98ish). I don’t think this tea is anything special and there are much better teas that can be purchased at the grocery store.