![]() ![]() When it comes to the highest quality jasmine teas, loose leaf tea leaves are scented by laying a tray of jasmine blossoms underneath a tray of tea leaves overnight, when the jasmine blossoms are at their most fragrant. Jasmine tea is a type of tea that is lightly scented with fresh jasmine blossoms. Whether you’re dreaming of spring flowers, looking for an iced tea to enjoy in the summer heat, or simply interested in teas with a flowery note, a floral tea is sure to hit the spot!įrom floral black teas to soothing herbal blends, here are some of the most popular types of tea made with flowers. I find most flavoured tea vendors lean on one side or the other, not as many have a balance.Floral teas feature dried flowers like jasmine, rose, lavender, and chamomile in soothing, aromatic blends that are full of flavor.įor centuries, flower blossoms have been blended with tea and other herbs to create tasty and medicinal brews. You can taste the flavour of the tea as well as the added flavourings. Overall, the blends from Artful Tea are quite balanced. This again would be another great tea for cold drinking, in particular, cold brewing over iced would I think come out the best. This tea would likely work best for those who add a packet of sugar or drink iced as that’ll tame and compliment the citrus. The aftertaste is a lingering flavour of the bitter grapefruit citrus oil adds a refreshing flavour. Citrus Sonata Oolong sips in floral and vegetal Tie Guan Yin like with a finish of tart citrus and grapefruit. I steeped the oolong at 190F for 3 minutes. I do prefer oil over various bits added to the tea, as generally, the oils do most of the work. If you are into turmeric teas and want a bit of zesty and caffeine, this blend with green fits the bill.Ĭitrus Sonata Oolong is a tea blend of Fujian Oolong and natural citrus essential oil. I could also see this being awesome iced. ![]() Some sips meet in the strong grass and citrus peel notes to give an intense flavour. The added flavours of the blend are balanced well, adding citrus, ginger and turmeric spiced, with soft jasmine smoothing it out. The flavour is strongly vegetal and grassy green tea. I steeped the Turmeric Mango Green at 175F for 2.5 minutes. Turmeric Mango Green Tea is an organic blend of gunpowder green tea, mango, turmeric root, pineapple, ginger, yuzu, and mango & makrut lime oils. Purple Leaf Teas are certainly worth a try if you are a flavoured green tea drinker – they have that similar level of delicate flavour, but lean more tart and fruity than grassy. I only have one shot at Lychee Purple, otherwise, I would have tried this iced or cold brewed, both which I think would brew up tasty and play up the Purple Tea’s strengths and bring out more of the blend’s flavour. The purple leaf tea is subtly floral and the natural tart plum notes combine well with the lychee and sweet pineapple notes. My brain still wants to fill in blueberries in the taste. The flavour is a tropical mix of creamy lychee, citrus, and sweet pineapple. I recall Purple Leaf being quite sensitive to temperature, so I used 175F for around 3.5 minutes. The dry leaf smells like blueberries and lychee. Lychee Purple Leaf Tea is a blend of Kenyan Purple Leaf tea, apple, pineapple, lemon peel, currants and lychee flavour. The teas I’m trying today are in sampler packaging, which they fill a tea bag filter with around 5-7grams of tea, enough for a large 12oz serving steeped western style. Today’s review is a selection of flavoured tea blends from Artful Tea.Īrtful Tea sells flavoured and unflavored loose leaf teas.
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