As the weather move from iced tea season into hot tea season, more reviews should be happening.
Zhena's Gypsy Tea is a brand I've not tried before, and the notion of a Raspberry Earl Grey was so unusual that I thought it worth trying. It was either going to be delightful or awful, and who better to take the bullet for my reading public by drinking bad tea so you don't have to?
This combination should not work. Bergamot oil, the main flavoring in Earl Grey, is a citrus oil. You would expect raspberry and citrus to be overly sweet. And you would be completely wrong.
This tea uses a properly light hand with both the Bergamot oil and the raspberry, yielding a highly drinkable and smoothly flavored tea. The raspberry notes come out in the aftertaste rather than as a sweet element in the beginning. I am going to try adding some raspberry honey tomorrow and see what interesting things that does to the flavor.
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