Fig and Lavender Black Tea

KallieBoo! Thank YOU!

I always LOVE to find different and unique/creative flavor combo’s. When I saw this one in the envelop KallieBoo! sent me – I knew I had to try it first :)

I’m glad I did! This is a neat flavor – all ’it’s own’.

It infuses to a light-medium brown. It has a mellower and not very distinct aroma but it’s pleasant enough.

The flavor makes my taste buds VERY happy! The Fig Flavor is nicely done…sweet and ‘newton-like’. The lavender is in the background – pretty but not over powerful which is appreciated. There is a hint of licorice – as KallieBoo! mentioned, I do agree.

I really like this! Nice flavor! Smooth and Creamy, too! YUM!

I was a little wary of this one given that i’m not a fan of lavender. There was just something about the smell that i wasn’t a fan of. Thanks go to KallieBoo! for sharing this one with me, though after tasting it, was not something that i can drink :) On the upside, it has peaked my interest in this tea company since the tea base and the fig taste hiding behind the lavender was quite nice. So still a win in my books! :)

thank you for this sample KallieBoo!
i am a dried fruit fanatic i will admit. like prunes and mangoes and currants and dates. all of it.
not so much a fan of lavender to be honest, but it works nicely in this blend. much better than it smells dry to my nose. once brewed it adds a whimsical or slight poetic quality to the scent but it isn’t a big deal in the flavor itself. it makes it breezy!
very fun and interesting cup. i drank my first brewed 12oz very fast. i even surprised myself!

09/23/2013
i just felt like saying good bye to this cute tea. it has a bold yet feminine way about it that i really like. smooches little tea!

Sipdown tea #5!
Well I thought I’d get through more teas today but I just didn’t. Over steeped a bit but still enjoyable. Catching hints of brown sugar. It’s quite lovely :]

Slightly floraly mainly figgish tea. Uhm. I like lavender teas but the fig throws me off. Unique? But im Not a fan. Sample from kallieboo!

July Sipdown Challenge Prompt – a floral tea

I finally opened the pouch I got for Christmas! My cupboard is getting low enough to allow myself to open some more teas.

Originally given to me by Youngest, this pouch was a Christmas gift from Ashman, who drank a Tea Grotto tea with me, liked it as much as I did, said it might be a good Christmas gift for me, opened his phone and made note of the Fruity Puerh we were drinking at the time, and then forgot the note existed. Then he was googling for tea to buy AliasHali and myself for Christmas and ordered precisely the two teas I loved, thinking he had found a new tea company we had ‘t tried. Christmas Miracle Tea.

This is first and foremost FIG. Sooooo figgy. Figgy, figgy, figgy. Open the pouch and KAPOW goes the fig. I love it. It is absolutely delicious. I am using this for the floral tea prompt because the lavender is definitely there but I admit it is a lovely, quiet companion of the fig rather than running neck and neck and yelling “look at me!”

The black tea base is solid, not too strong but strong enough for breakfast for sure. Now I wondering how this would be iced and whether I would even want to sweeten it. I drink it plain hot and it comes across as fig jam sweet already. Stay tuned.

Backlog:

This tea smells amazing. I love lavender, and while lavender and fig are two flavor profiles I would have never thought to blend together, this works. This just may be the best fig tea I’ve tasted yet. I like the way the lavender and fig taste together.

This one made my repurchase list, and it’s not often that I come across a tea that belongs on that list.

Here’s my full-length review: http://sororiteasisters.com/2014/01/10/fig-lavender-black-tea-blend-from-tea-grotto/