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“Another 52Teas blend from a while ago that I never wrote a tasting note for. I should love this one as it is pineapple and spicy on a lovely dragonwell. Again, to be fair, this isn’t the freshest...” Read full tasting note
“The name of this tea beckons me. Though I’ve been on a bit of a black tea roll lately, I picked this up the other day. So lovely. When I was drinking this, I found the green tea base so...” Read full tasting note
A Very Limited Edition V.I.T. (Very Important Tea!)
This is a VIT blend – crafted using Dragon Well tea as the base – and flavored with pineapple and spiced up a bit with Aleppo and smoked chili peppers and just a hint of toasted, crushed cumin seed. The heat starts out gentle but hits you in the back of the throat pretty early, giving you a steady, warm burn that feels oh-so-good! The sweetness from the pineapple offers a really nice contrast to the heat from the pepper and the smoky tones are mild.
Large Size is approximately 1 1/2 ounce.
organic ingredients: dragon well tea, freeze-dried pineapple pieces. crushed aleppo pepper, smoked chili pepper flakes, toasted cumin seed and natural flavors.
At 52teas.com, you will find unique, hand-blended artisan loose leaf teas: a new limited edition creation every week of the year. We pride ourselves on offering truly unique, one-of-a-kind tea blends that you won’t find anywhere else.
Another 52Teas blend from a while ago that I never wrote a tasting note for. I should love this one as it is pineapple and spicy on a lovely dragonwell. Again, to be fair, this isn’t the freshest blend I have from 52Teas but it’s still delicious. I think the pineapple pieces should have been bigger! Somehow the heat isn’t noticeable enough for me here. I hope the pepper flavors don’t disappear in teas over time, as they age. I like my teas spicy when they should be spicy! But I like the overall result here. The dragonwell really takes over the flavor anyway.
The name of this tea beckons me. Though I’ve been on a bit of a black tea roll lately, I picked this up the other day.
So lovely. When I was drinking this, I found the green tea base so buttery, so very buttery, supported by gentle pineapple and marshmallow flavours. Beautiful.
Perhaps I need to be giving the dry leaf in the pouch a bit more of a shake to include the zing of pepper. I am not feeling any heat from the pepper as is. No matter. Perhaps the blast will come.
A slight segue. People have been speculating whether 52Teas will create a tea to honour Carrie Fisher. I have been wondering what flavours 52Teas would include if she were to create a tea in tribute to Carrie Fisher. What would the tea be called? What flavours would best depict this woman who was both a fierce role model for young women and a fearless champion of mental health, amongst all her other glorious attributes?
Flavors: Butter, Marshmallow, Pineapple
I think it’d be a white or yellow tea with cacao nibs and mallow root.
Thank you Evol!!! <3
As this is the first I’ve heard about it, might I inquire who has been speculating about a tea to honor Carrie Fisher?
Local tea-drinking peeps here who connect offsite, ie. off steepster.
Casual conversation about whether that would happen, so I thought I’d put it out there.
Ah – OK! Quite alright that you’re speculating – I appreciate it greatly. I haven’t yet decided – however, before I do, I would need to craft an Alan Rickman tea because – Snape.
Alan Rickman. sigh
Oh, yes. Alan Rickman. Something dark and rich?
Alan Rickman yes! and perhaps Willi Wonka?
There have been so many sad deaths this year ):
Too many…
:(
This sounds very tasty.
It truly is.
It’s a shame to waste high quality tea that was meant to be appreciated. There are plenty of fruity blends out there. I don’t know 52 teas was thinking
I hate to suggest another company’s teas in a comment, but…. if you want spicy, try Kapha from TeaGschwendner.
MrQuackers: I was thinking about fulfilling a request that a customer made. :) This was a custom made tea.
MissB — I believe YOU sent Kapha to me a while back. :D
Liberteas: I guess if you had to choose between killing a customer or using Dragonwell in a blend, then it’s ok. But I draw the line at requests for orange coolaid flavoured $72 / 20g matcha.
MrQuackers: She was one of our very generous contributors to our Kickstarter campaign. Without contributions from her and others like her, we wouldn’t have been able to take over 52Teas so I honor most requests. I don’t flavor Matcha – it’s too messy, too expensive and the margin that I’d have to mark it up to make a profit would be so much that I doubt I’d get many takers so I don’t see the point. I like my Matcha unflavored or if I want flavor to it, I’ll mix it with coconut water or another specialty water to give it flavor.