While it was “on sale” in the web specials section of David’s I decided to buy 250g of it. Sure, it’s not my FAVOURITE tea, but it’s pretty darn good. Going through my tea stash I was trying to figure out how many of the teas I currently own would be good iced, so I’ve been trying them one by one. This one I thought would be a terrible idea, so I kept putting it off “for another time”. Well…that time has now come. Deep breath. I can taste the grossness already.
AND STEEPED.
AND ICED.
AND WOW.
I must say, I was totally wrong on this one. I thought some others that I liked hot would be really good iced, and was wrong. I thought this one that I like hot would be really terrible iced and was wrong. I think I’m about 0-for-5 in my iced tea experiments. lol. Apparently I’m not good at this.
Icing this tea really brings out the flavour of the lemon. I thought the creaminess would be gross iced, but was wrong. It actually adds to the flavour, almost like I’m drinking tea-flavoured yogurt. It’s a strange sensation, and one I would definitely impose on my mouth again. The white tea doesn’t at all taste bitter or astringent (unlike Daydreamer in my iced tea experimentation; yuck), and it doesn’t have the same cheek-pinching astringency as what a black tea would. I really like it.
Verdict: will do this experiment again until it’s “too cold” for iced tea, then back to having this hot! Yum! An all-season tea (rating increased).
