I’m still on the hunt for the greatest strawberry tea in all the land. Strawberry black tea, to be precise. And I had high hopes for this one. When I made my purchase from Lupicia in December, I bought one of each of their strawberry black teas. Anything with strawberry in the description went right into my cart.
I’m not necessarily looking for an authentic strawberry fruit flavor. Strawberries are delicious, but tart and bright. I’m looking for something more candy-like, sweet and intense. This has that candy flavor; it smells like strawberry bubblicious. And yeah, that’s what I’m going for. But still, there’s something missing.
I’m not exactly being fair, to be fair. I’m trying to find a copycat of my favorite strawberry tea that has now gone extinct. This is a good tea in its own right, though it doesn’t quite meet the high expectations I had for it. I’ll keep looking. Maybe one of the other Lupicia teas will hit the mark for me.
Flavors: Candy, Strawberry
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I liked Marco Polo by Mariages Freres. I loved Anna’s Blend from Teegeschwendner but they discontinued it. Boohoo! Adagio Strawberry was meh. I tried a Lupicia Christmas one and it was awesome, so now I want to try some more of their strawberry teas.
Ah, the quest for the perfect strawberry tea. My all-time favorite was a cheap bagged version from Traditions/Good Young Tea company which was discontinued years ago. It will always be my pie-in-the-sky gold standard for “getting the strawberry right.” Haven’t found many that came close.
ashmanra, I have Marco Polo on my wishlist should I ever come across it. It sounds delicious looking at the reviews. Which Christmas tea was it that you tried from Lupicia? I think I bought every black tea with strawberry, so if you want to try some I’m glad to send a few. Once we are all able to get out again. I have a few things for the post office when that time comes.
gmathis, my absolute favorite is a Teavana tea. I can’t find anything even close to it, and I’ll be so incredibly sad when my stash runs out. I’m sorry about your pie-in-the-sky tea being discontinued. It’s so hard to move on from the best ones!
I liked Marco Polo by Mariages Freres. I loved Anna’s Blend from Teegeschwendner but they discontinued it. Boohoo! Adagio Strawberry was meh. I tried a Lupicia Christmas one and it was awesome, so now I want to try some more of their strawberry teas.
Ah, the quest for the perfect strawberry tea. My all-time favorite was a cheap bagged version from Traditions/Good Young Tea company which was discontinued years ago. It will always be my pie-in-the-sky gold standard for “getting the strawberry right.” Haven’t found many that came close.
ashmanra, I have Marco Polo on my wishlist should I ever come across it. It sounds delicious looking at the reviews. Which Christmas tea was it that you tried from Lupicia? I think I bought every black tea with strawberry, so if you want to try some I’m glad to send a few. Once we are all able to get out again. I have a few things for the post office when that time comes.
gmathis, my absolute favorite is a Teavana tea. I can’t find anything even close to it, and I’ll be so incredibly sad when my stash runs out. I’m sorry about your pie-in-the-sky tea being discontinued. It’s so hard to move on from the best ones!