Guest review: Adagio's Bella Luna Blue

When there is a Blue Moon in the night sky, Adagio Teas offers, for 24 hours, a product called “Bella Luna Blue”.   Your humble blogger failed to notice the moon and order a sample.  However, +Camille des Jardins did, and helpfully provided this guest review:

You need a white or clear teacup to fully appreciate this drink.  Bella Luna Blue. Made with Butterfly Pea Flower, Lemongrass, and flavored with natural blueberries, the tisane has a strong blueberry scent when the bag is opened. When made, the water instantly colors a beautiful sapphire color which deepens as the steeping progresses. Blueberry with lemon wafts through the air.

I found that it did not have as strong a flavor as I like when drunk hot, and the taste improved considerably as it cooled. This would be a delightful iced tea. Adding a little lemon juice enhances the flavor nicely, and turns it a glorious fuchsia color! A teaspoon of honey deepens the color to either a dark indigo or deep purple, depending on whether lemon preceded it. Hot, I definitely prefer it with both lemon and honey, and I am sure it would taste nice cooled with these additions as well.

Elmwood Inn's Wild Strawberry Green Tea

Now that I have finished off some of my tea packages, I can start drinking and writing about new teas.   I picked up Elmwood Inn's Wild Strawberry Green Tea when I was in Meridies for KWHSS this past summer.   Elmwood Inn is a new tea vendor for me -- I spent hours today crawling through their website, which is chock full of great stuff.

Their Wild Strawberry uses green tea from Japan with strawberry and papaya flavors.  The particular green tea used here is one of the floral varieties, giving the brew a very flowery aroma both in the tin and after brewing.  I don't notice the papaya flavor in the brew.   The strawberry is nicely strong, however, fairly competing with the floral qualities of the tea.  It's a very soothing brew, not overly sweet, and a great antidote to gray February days.