Blueberry Cheesecake Oolong Iced Tea

So, I was super excited for this tea because the idea of a blueberry cheesecake on an oolong sounded so appealing to me! If it was a greener ball rolled style oolong I could picture the natural floral notes leaning into the blueberry, and if it was something more oxidized I could have seen that almost emulating some of the nuttier, toasty notes of a thick cheesecake crust…

So, all that to say I was shocked and a bit disappointed to open up the bag and see that this was mostly a green tea base with some sparse rolled green oolong throughout.

Honestly, it was fine though. The blueberry note is really nice. Kind of smooth and jammy but with just a bit of a floral undertone. Not too strong, either. It’s also creamy with a soft sort of “tang” to it, which does emulate the cheesecake component pretty well. I think it’s a pretty solid recreation of its namesake even if I didn’t love the grassier undertones from the green tea. There’s a lot of butterfly pea flower in the blend too, but it doesn’t steep out blue – more like a swampy green colour. It feels unnecessary and gimmicky.

But I don’t think I’ll have issues finishing this one off.

Iced version of Pisces, but with a more simple flavor profile. I oddly liked it better hot over iced. It takes about 3 hrs to get it right in the fridge with the sachet, and using a whopping 10 grams of tea in a pitcher to get it right. You can rebrew it, albeit weaker. The color is a vibrant blue color that can turn purple, and the taste is really close to blueberry cheesecake. The cooler temperature dilutes the cheesecake flavor and ups the vanilla and blueberry, whereas it’s more forward hot and creamy sweet hot. Granted, I like cheesecake warmed by hot fruit, but that’s my preference.

Otherwise, it’s a pretty good tea. I came back to it a few times. I do think it’s a little overpriced and not quite as good as Pisces, but it’s still impressive and rebrews up to four times hot without losing too much of its flavor.