I know, folks are down on flavoured teas around here, but now and then I like
a cup of blackcurrant tea. Today I was out, and the local shop had something
sold by Hedley's in Ceylon.

Big thumbs down. The blackcurrant flavour is somewhat cartoonish and the
tea flavour underneath it isn't really very vivid. I was expecting something
like Twining's blackcurrant (sort of the average baseline), but this was most
definitely not a good thing.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

On May 18, 8:32*am, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
> I know, folks are down on flavoured teas around here, but now and then I like
> a cup of blackcurrant tea. *Today I was out, and the local shop had something
> sold by Hedley's in Ceylon.
>
> Big thumbs down. *The blackcurrant flavour is somewhat cartoonish and the
> tea flavour underneath it isn't really very vivid. *I was expecting something
> like Twining's blackcurrant (sort of the average baseline), but this was most
> definitely not a good thing.
> --scott
>
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. *C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Several years ago, I had Frontier black currant. My memory is that it
was good. I believe an Assam base with not too aggresive a mix of the
fruit. Toci

(Scott Dorsey) writes:

> I know, folks are down on flavoured teas around here, but now and then I like
> a cup of blackcurrant tea. Today I was out, and the local shop had something
> sold by Hedley's in Ceylon.
>
> Big thumbs down. The blackcurrant flavour is somewhat cartoonish and the
> tea flavour underneath it isn't really very vivid. I was expecting something
> like Twining's blackcurrant (sort of the average baseline), but this was most
> definitely not a good thing.

This reminds me of something that happened yesterday. My wife and I
were at the Penn Quarter branch of Teaism in DC. I had a pretty good
FF Darjeeling. My wife - I swear she doesn't do this often - had a
cold concoction supposedly involving ginger ice cream. No discernible
ginger in the drink, but it was a true cinnamon bomb. After one sip,
I could hardly taste my DJ until I'd half finished it.

What is it about cinnamon that's so domineering?

/Lew
---
Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

On May 18, 9:32 am, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
> I know, folks are down on flavoured teas around here, but now and then I like
> a cup of blackcurrant tea. Today I was out, and the local shop had something
> sold by Hedley's in Ceylon.
>
> Big thumbs down. The blackcurrant flavour is somewhat cartoonish and the
> tea flavour underneath it isn't really very vivid. I was expecting something
> like Twining's blackcurrant (sort of the average baseline), but this was most
> definitely not a good thing.
> --scott
>
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

I'm all for anything that tastes good. Mlesna Monk's Blend, Republic
of Tea Ginger Peach Black Tea, Jasmine Green, and one I haven't
mentioned here ever but your post made me think of and now crave:
Republic of Tea Blackberry Sage black tea. I think you'd dig it, try
it out if you come across some.

I have no shame in enjoying a well flavored tea, it is the poorly/
overly/artificially flavored ones I take issue with. Mlesna makes a
blackcurrant flavored tea you might want to track down too.

- Dominic
teasphere.wordpress.com

Hey, I'll try ANYTHING flavored with blackcurrant. I got turned on to
blackcurrant in Scotland when I had my first jelly baby. Mmmmmmm! Too
bad it's rare to find anything in the US made with blackcurrant
(except creme de cassis, I suppose). I just finished a bottle of
blackcurrant juice concentrate that I'd mix with flat water or
seltzer. Mmmmmmm again!

I echo Dominic: a flavored tea isn't inherently bad; it's the
overpowering artificial flavors that turn me off. Especially when the
flavor obliterates the tea. Case in point: Lipton's RTD raspberry
white tea. Raspberry? Yes. Tea? No.

Alan

On May 18, 6:32*am, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
> I know, folks are down on flavoured teas around here, but now and then I like
> a cup of blackcurrant tea.