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Sipdown (2925)!
I liked this a lot. The lemon flavour is really, really bright and lively with such a pleasant mix of sweetness and light acidity/sourness. It’s not too artificial and certainly not cloying, but it did make me think a bit of lemon gummy candies or something like a lemon lollipop. Just really juicy and lemonade-like in a way that immediately made me wish I had more of this in loose leaf format (this was a tea bag) so I could make it iced or cold brewed. Delish!
Sipdown (2925)!
Is this a unique lemon ginger blend? Nah. Is it a good one? Yeah, pretty solid! Mostly I was just impressed by how fresh and zesty the bold notes of lemongrass and ginger were. There was a lot of brightness to the sip, but then it finished with a warm, tingly heat and earthiness from the ginger. Dynamic, and full of life and flavour. Would have been quite good with some honey, I think.
Sipdown (2902)!
I loved the dry leaf aroma of this blend. Just so, so juicy smelling! Steeped it was good too, but quite rooibos forward and more of a cooked orange sort of note versus something more sweet, lively and fresh. Though, the quality of the rooibos used was very nice. I really appreciated that it was a little honey and nutty. Were it more mineral I think that, combined with the orange notes, it might have come off as very medicinal and vitamin-like. So, I’m glad that was avoided even if the taste wasn’t totally the same vibe as the dry aroma smell…
Sipdown (2903)!
For a tea sachet, the quality of the leaf seemed pretty nice. Very bud heavy, and wow all those golden tips were sure beautiful. Taste wise this was full bodied and very smooth with a really intense malty flavour with undertones of walnut and graham cracker. Not, like, a mind blowing cup or anything but just really quite solid. I felt like it showcased a lot of my favourite tasting notes of a stereotypical Assam black really well – especially the graham notes. I think it would have likely really popped with a bit of milk and sugar, too.
