+Murray Blehart and +Christine Dalessio gave me a lovely Christmas present: a bag of Teavana's Blackberry Mojito Green tea (http://www.teavana.com/the-teas/green-teas/p/blackberry-mojito-green-tea).
The tea in the bag has a very odd smell. It's sort of like dried fruit compote with something unidentifiable underneath. Once brewed, the tea itself takes on the fruit compote aroma, without that weird undertone.
The initial taste is fruity as well -- clearly blackberry, with a hint of strawberry. But then there's this sort of fizzy minty bite at the end. It's not unpleasant, just decidedly odd. With a name like Blackberry Mojito, I was expecting a minty tea with a hint of fruit, not a fruit tea with a hint of mint.
Adding honey kills off all but the faintest aftertaste of mint, by the way.
After a little bit of experimentation, I have found THE perfect use for this tea: it is made to be iced. The addition of a little bit of lime brings out the mint somewhat more, and hey presto, it now actually does remind me of a mojito.
wouldn't that depend upon what variety of honey you used?
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