Le Thé Magnifique

Not so magnifique, I’m afraid. Another very weak brew from Palais Des Thes. Their description reads, “A warming blend of green tea with fruity, succulent notes of pear, vanilla and almond.”

This tastes like water with a weak aroma of vanilla and green tea. I have brewed exactly to instructions and it’s just absolutely flavourless. It tastes like I’ve brewed a gallon of hot water with a single bag. I’ve kept it in for 4 minutes over the recommended 3 minutes and only minimal pear flavour emerged.

This would be perfect for a person who hates tea but for some reason wants to be seen drinking it. But quite dreadful for the rest of us.

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I received a sachet of this as a free sample in a recent order – looks like this is a new offering from Palais de Thes as part of their winter/Christmas assortment. I don’t usually love green tea, but pear and green tea is a combo that works better for me than many others. I thought this was nice. The pear was light and juicy with a floral undertone to it, and just sweet enough though I think it would be a misnomer to call this a “sweet tea”. Definitely a little bit on the thinner side though in terms of body and intensity, and as I was drinking it I kept thinking to myself how much I would rather just be having their “Japan Detox” blend (one of the few blends they carry that I enjoy) which is another pear flavoured green tea blend. A better one, in my opinion.