I’m going to have to try this again. I ate a few pieces of chocolate and then drank it, and then went back to it hoping the chocolate aftertaste would have subsided, but I wasn’t nearly as enamoured with this as everyone else. Actually, I haven’t been enamoured with any 52 Teas blend so far. I have a theory that maybe packaging, presentation and promotion (and reputation) do a lot to affect someone’s rating of a tea, even inadvertently. If this was called ‘Coconut Garbage Flakes’, and blended by a mean jerk instead of a cool everyman’s nerd kind of guy, maybe everyone else would feel the same about it as I do. Not that it tastes like garbage, I was just giving an example of crappy marketing. Don’t get me wrong, it’s alright, but I notice a weird chemical taste to it, in the back of my mouth. And when I stick my nose in my cup and inhale, it smells like cat pee.
Sorry guys, I said it. I’ve wanted to love every one of Frank’s teas that I’ve tried (via swap) but I’ve been disappointed so far. Marshmallw Treat Genmaicha was good in the end, after I compared it to a straight genmaicha. But still left something to be desired.
After drinking Davidstea’s Coconut Oolong, I’m on the hunt for an equally amazing black coconut tea, and I don’t think this is it.
That being said it is possible that the chocolate seriously ruined my taste so I will try again before rating this, because I don’t want to be unfair. And I don’t want any hate mail either!! I will happily eat my words if I’m way off here, because I wanted to love this!
Thanks to Emilie for the sample of this (no, really!)
(boiling, 3 min)
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Yeah… no. Tried it again last night, hoping for the best and it’s just…yucky. That sums it up. Still smells like cat pee once brewed. No coconut taste that I can notice. I feel like there’s something wrong with me because everyone seems to love every 52Teas blend ever, except me. I dumped the rest of this out, because you know why? Because my newest DellaTerra order arrived yesterday – NO BRAINER. I would love to find a 52teas blend to love. Le Sigh.
Thank gawd for swaps!!
Edited again
I want to add that there’s a possibility the batch I tried may not have been fresh and possibly even starting to change tastes on account of age, so the tea company shouldn’t be blamed for that. However I have no way of knowing so my rating stands. If I ever try this again from someone else I will let you know if it tasted better!
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I’m convinced that coconut often goes “off” in blends somehow, like it goes rancid or something. Almost every tea (possibly all of them) in which I’ve had a vomit-inducing gross off-flavour (as compared to minor things like plasticky flavouring notes, etc.) has contained coconut.
Well that might explain it! I guess I’d better drink up my coconut teas. I hope that doesn’t happen with my Coconut Oolong from Davidstea!
Rancid is exactly how it tasted and smelled.
I think it takes quite a while to happen, but I don’t know what causes it. Adagio’s Pina Colada and Persimmon Tree’s Coconut Cacao were both quite gross for me, and I’ve had multiple coconut teas that have a soapy flavour, which I also attribute to coconut rancidity.
I do have teas that contain coconut and are rather old but taste just fine.
I plan to hoard the Coconut Oolong for the rest of my life so I’d better start working on some sort of preservation technology, haha
preservation technology! I love it. haha.
I can’t say the age of it either, because I received what I had in a swap from someone else, and I don’t remember who anymore. Sorry!
Shoot! I have had some bad luck with a few of the 52teas lately, but this one was super good for me.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who feels this way about this tea. I usually love 52Teas’ teas but this one and Caramel Pumpkin Cheesecake just didn’t do it for me. Like you, I will definitely be hoarding DT’s Coconut Oolong for as long as I can, haha.
I’m convinced that coconut often goes “off” in blends somehow, like it goes rancid or something. Almost every tea (possibly all of them) in which I’ve had a vomit-inducing gross off-flavour (as compared to minor things like plasticky flavouring notes, etc.) has contained coconut.
Well that might explain it! I guess I’d better drink up my coconut teas. I hope that doesn’t happen with my Coconut Oolong from Davidstea!
Rancid is exactly how it tasted and smelled.
I think it takes quite a while to happen, but I don’t know what causes it. Adagio’s Pina Colada and Persimmon Tree’s Coconut Cacao were both quite gross for me, and I’ve had multiple coconut teas that have a soapy flavour, which I also attribute to coconut rancidity.
I do have teas that contain coconut and are rather old but taste just fine.
I plan to hoard the Coconut Oolong for the rest of my life so I’d better start working on some sort of preservation technology, haha
preservation technology! I love it. haha.
I can’t say the age of it either, because I received what I had in a swap from someone else, and I don’t remember who anymore. Sorry!
Shoot! I have had some bad luck with a few of the 52teas lately, but this one was super good for me.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who feels this way about this tea. I usually love 52Teas’ teas but this one and Caramel Pumpkin Cheesecake just didn’t do it for me. Like you, I will definitely be hoarding DT’s Coconut Oolong for as long as I can, haha.