Blank Street was out last tea related stop of the day and, from there, we went out for some well earned supper and then back to our hotel to decompress before our VERY early flight the next morning. We actually stayed at a hotel in Heathrow airport, and I would highly recommend doing that if you have a short (like 24 hours) trip like we did or a very early flight, because the amount of time it saved us in the morning was a GAME CHANGER.
However, before that, I had a nice little hotel room taste test of Twining’s sparkling tea line. We actually bought enough at the store earlier in the day that we got a can of each of the three flavours for free.
This was my least favourite of the three, though honestly none of them were bad. I just found that this one had a bit of a more mineral/chalky sort of undertone and finish and combined with the fresh, effervescent orange notes that made me think of these Vitamin C “fizzy tablets” that my day used to make me and my brother drink as kids. Not bad, but a little Flintstones vitamin-like in taste.
I didn’t taste the elderberry at all, either. Makes sense because it’s such a polarizing flavour that you’d probably want to keep the amount minimal, but I actually like that floral berry note so I wish there’d be a bit more.