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Black tea with a rich aroma and the sweetness of roasted chestnuts which are sold on the streets of Paris.
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And I managed to dash off a big article before going to bed tonight. Technically I still submitted it the day it was due, buuuut… does after office hours count?
Anyways.
This tea was good in that the chestnut flavour was really out there and prominent. Points for honesty from this tea. However, I’m not sure if it was the right tea for me, as I was hoping for something a tad sweeter.
Thanks to Sil for sending me a sample! I’m going to save the rest and send it as part of a swap package to Ost.
This one has been on my list for a while. Thank you for swapping some of this tea with me, ToiToi! I haven’t had a chance to taste this tea until now! The initial sip of this tea is thick and reminds me of liquor and raisins. The tea base is a bit more brisk than I expected from Lupicia. I taste a bit of chestnut flavor towards the end of the sip, but it’s blending with this dark raisin/berry note. The finish is of the black tea base (a little smooth, drying, a tad burnt-tasting) and something artificial. I have to say that I’m a bit disappointed in this tea only because I was expecting such a nice chestnut flavor from the other reviews.
I liked their green chestnut tea a little better.
Dustin- I’ve thought about giving that one a try, but I’m worried that it might taste the same to me. What do you like more about the green chestnut?
I love the green chestnut but haven’t tried this.
I like that greens are lighter. Chestnut is a delicate flavor to come through in a tea and I feel like the black base doesn’t give it enough room to shine. If it was paired with something heavier like chocolate, I can see black being a reasonable base to choose, but on it’s own it needs something milder.
Okay, this is much better. While it’s still missing “roasted chestnut” for me to be spot-on, it is pretty close. To note, I eat a LOT of roasted chestnuts, although usually in a bag from a local Asian grocery. Comforting, rich, sweet, and a touch smoky in a roasted chestnut or carmelized onion sort of way – it’s far from a lapsang.
Glad this is at least better than the last two tonight! .. And drinkable. :)
I’m laughing, because I always forget how many hours ahead of me you are. ;) It’s only 4:15om here!
Lol… I often don’t think about that. I almost called you a night owl one evening when I was up late and caught myself when I thought about the time difference. I am sometimes up too late… That’s when I often get my own time.
This is more like fresh roasted chestnuts in Stanley Park. :) I agree it doesn’t have that almost buttery nuttiness that the bagged ones have!
Another sample from Dinosara!
I don’t know that I’d exactly call it chestnut, but it is definitely nutty and delicious!
Really! It’s SO good. Reminiscent of chestnuts roasting outside on a cold day, really.
I’m having it with a little sugar and almond milk because I don’t want to be getting ready for work right now. So tired. So sore. And first up I have a 2 hour meeting of sitting in uncomfortable chairs, which… no. Maybe I’ll sit on the floor.
Anyways. This tea. Delicious. But if you’re completely and totally anti-smoke, don’t try it. It is roasting chestnuts, and all that entails.
It’s going on my wishlist too. :)
(1.5 tsp/12 oz)
omg my lupicia shopping list is getting out of control!
I KNOW! And I’m on a no (well, really limited) buy right now, until I get my tribble-like sample collection under control.
keychange – once i open up all my packages from lupicia, i’ll send you more of them..just hadn’t opened them all yet :)
OmgSrsly, that’s some serious self-control you’ve got there. And sil, yaaaaaaayyyy lupicia!!
Tribbles, keychange! It’s like my samples are multiplying.
You can do this! and then go on a lupicia spree when it’s under control.
Tealux as well! I have such a wish list. :)
Ohhhh this smells good. Extremely sweet, like the toasted sugar top of creme brulee. In the cup my first impression is “wow, that smells REALLY sweet, again like Swiss Miss packet sugary sweet” but the flavor is not nearly as sweet as the aroma (and I think I’m a little relieved!). The aroma is not as chestnutty to me as just straight up roasted sugary sweet, but then it’s there in the taste. There’s almost the saltiness of hot roasted chestnuts. So in the mouth we’ve got nutty, salty, and somewhat smooth. I like!
There’s also that quality I noticed in the Lupicia Earl Grey, what I think of as “that Chinese tea smell” (it might not actually be Chinese tea, but that element I always think of as a Chinese tea thing because years ago when I was a preteen visiting Chinatown tea shops in various cities they all smelled like this, and the tea I’d get from them tasted like it too). I don’t know what it is, but it’s in this as well. Not bad.
As this cools, it grows on me—it smooths out even more and the nuttiness, including a mouthfeel resembling eating chestnuts, comes in. Yum. When I want my roast chestnut fix but they’re not available (so pretty much 360 days out of the year here) this is a neat evocation.
