Monstrositea - Batch Four

[calissa]

The description on this tea told me it was white tea blended with blueberries (soaked in apple juice and sunflower oil) and rose petals. It smelled amazing but my taste buds insisted it was liquid black pepper with an aftertaste of apple juice. It wasn't unpleasant just... strange.



This turned out to be another puzzling tea. The description assured me that it wasn't black tea at all but blackcurrant leaves and buds which should produce a dark purple tea. As you can see, it clearly wasn't that. I'm certain it was a black tea with blackcurrant flavouring. It tasted fantastic.



The first time around, I found this tea rather flavourless. It improved once I ignored the instructions and brewed it stronger, moving it from flavourless to nicely subtle.



That's the sweet truffle, not the mushroom truffle. A wonderfully sweet tea tasting of toffee with a slight aftertaste of orange, though there's none present in the tea. This tea didn't stick around long, being quickly demolished when I shared it with the boys in my gaming group.



This one isn't a Monstrositea sample at all, but a gift from the lovely onewhitecrow. The Kenyan loose leaf is a strong and earthy tea, just the kind I love. It reminds me rather a lot of the tea that comes out of the Daintree Rainforest in north-eastern Australia. I'm particularly pleased with how the photo turned out.

Comments

[nanila]

The green tea is very pale even after being brewed more strongly!

The truffle and blackcurrant teas sound delicious.

[calissa]

The batch of green tea in the photo is the first, weaker batch I brewed. However, it didn't get much darker, even when brewed more strongly.

The truffle and blackcurrant teas were delicious! All of the flavoured blacks have been pretty nice.