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“since i’m trying to drink up some of my older teas (feb 2013!), i thought a cup of this one was in order. This tea has for sure grown on me as i’ve had it. Now it’s a delicious blend of fruit and...” Read full tasting note
“Sipdown!! (164) Thank you OMGsrsly for sharing this with me!! It will be missed now that it is gone but I don’t think I loved it enough to pay the shipping to get more. However, if I saw this in a...” Read full tasting note
“I’ve been under the weather, but well enough to still crave cookies! I wasn’t up to baking, so I purchased some of those little schoolboy biscuits. http://www.lubiscuitsna.com/ Mmmm! I thought this...” Read full tasting note
“Another generous sample from Sil gives me an excuse to hang out and get tea drunk. The dry leaf smells like candy. Almost like strawberry cotton candy, but juicier. I swear! It’s a little on the...” Read full tasting note
“Paul & Virginie” flavored black tea
A classic Dammann Freres creation.
Blend of black teas, flavoured with caramel, cherry, strawberry, raspberry redcurrant and vanilla.
Brewing time: 4 to 5 minutes
My daughter has given me Dammann Freres teas several times over the past two years or so, and they always send samples. I am so excited about them, and then I forget to drink them! How many people wait for just the right moment to try new tea? I thought it was high time to taste this one.
It is a bag, so I used my eight ounce pot to steep it with boiling water and used probably only seven ounces of water. The aroma of the dry tea bag dismayed me because it smelled like rooibos….cherry cough syrup.
Happily that is NOT the taste of the tea. It is rather mild and the berry flavor dominates, mainly cherry, and caramel and vanilla are waaaay in the background for me.
The second steep was forgotten and I have no idea how long it steeped. It didn’t matter, though, as it was quite good. I only expected to get two steeps but I am tempted to try for a third and see what happens. This would not be a breakfast tea for me as it is far too civilized to get most people going, but is delightful for any other time of day!
I swear I’ve reviewed this one before, but maybe I drank it & didn’t post a review. Or maybe it was one of those days where steepster wasn’t acting right & my review got eaten?
No matter. This is from one of my many trades with my dear tea sister Sil, or maybe from our BBBBox (still from Sil, either way).
I made a pot of this to share with a student & her mom, & they loved it! It is a mix of cherries, berries, & caramel, & although I am not particularly enamored with it, it is still very drinkable. I have just enough for one more cup, so I’m putting it aside in the sipdown box for little terri’s next Sipdown Extravaganza, coming soon! :)
Thank you DigniTea for some of this one! Such amazing flavor combinations in the description!
Steep #1// just boiled // 2 1/2 min
Definitely smells like cherry while I’m pouring the water, but not exactly actual cherry. That is mostly the flavor as well. The other fruits seem to be lost. Not really caramel either. I have a problem with the base here, for the same reason I have a problem with the 52Teas base. They both taste the same and I don’t like it… which is odd since the 52Teas is not Ceylon. But they taste the same to me. Sadly, this base alone kind of ruins this tea for me (and probably most of Dammann) and the flavors don’t really end up being what the description promises.
Steep #2 // just boiled // 3 min
This cup surprisingly still has some flavor left and somehow the black tea itself is more in the background. Not a terrible tea but I don’t think it’s for me. The base isn’t for me. It seems like this sort of description just sets you up for a disappointing flavor. I can’t love everything (and I’m kind of glad I don’t – too much tea I couldn’t live without!)
