The Adagio samples I ordered arrived today, and the first one I decided to sample was the herbal Dewy Cherry (https://www.adagio.com/herbal/dewy_cherry.html).
I just need to get one thing off my chest first: Dewy Cherry sounds like a stripper name.
The tea smells wonderful, like the best cherry pie filling. The taste starts out with a tart bite that immediately shifts to full-bodied sweetness, and then the whole things smooths and mellows out. That's a lot of things happening inside your mouth at once, but it all works. The tea is sweet enough for me that I am not inclined to add honey or sugar. Make sure you drink this slowly to give yourself time to savor the complexities.
I should add that the link to the webpage for the tea is generally the last thing I add when writing up a tasting. I write my review first. I say that because the description of the tea on Adagio's website is disconcertingly similar to what I came up with myself:
"Cherry pie, anyone? This delicious blend of sour cherries, apples, orange peels, rosehips and hibiscus flowers is an easy stand-in for dessert any day. Cheeky sweet and tart, with a clean finish. Naturally sweet and caffeine free."
I suppose I shouldn't have expected an adjective better than "cheeky" from a company willing to name its tea after a stripper.
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