Cherry Rose Green

My fellow tea-enthusiast cousin works at Elmwood Inn, and generously sent me a bunch of free samples. This one is the first I have tried, and it is delicious! The cherry and floral flavors balance each other out without hiding the taste of the delicious green tea. I will definitely be purchasing more of this.

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A share from VariaTEA!

I don’t know if this is a company or an actual inn/hotel – but regardless I’m almost certain I’ve never tried any tea from them. I wasn’t sure what to except from this one; I’m not a big green tea drinker (but slowly becoming more open to them) but I do LOVE rose blends. Turns out this is a really good happy medium for me because even though I thought it had a medium bodied and present grassy/green bean quality the flavour was dominated by top notes of fresh, floral seeming rose notes and a soft, delicate lingering rose flavour in the end of the sip as well. Not much in the way of cherry; but hints of it in the body alongside the green tea.

It made for a very peaceful and relaxing mid-afternoon cup of tea, which it turns out is exactly what I needed to stay focused enough to complete the baking/cooking that I had to do for our staff meeting last night. So thanks a lot for the share VariaTEA! This was really lovely!

Lovely and fresh for this appallingly hot and humid day. Rose, cherry, and sencha go remarkably well together, especially when one is wilting rapidly.