Guanabana by Adagio Teas
I've reviewed this at Steepster a couple of months ago, but I'm drinking it right now, so I figured I might as well cross-re-post. Or something.
I had never heard of this before, but apparently guanabana is some sort of tropical fruit that we others can't get because the fruit doesn't transport very well. Looks like this
The dry leaves smell weird. Sort of fruity and bitter at the same time. Like a very old orange. At this point I'm sceptic. Very sceptic.
Colour is nice and golden and the scent is something familiar that I can't quite place. It's not mouldy oranges anymore anyway.
The taste is.... strange. Fruity. Adagio suggests something akin to candied strawberry and pineapple. I can't really 'find' those notes but at the same time I don't really disagree either. I can't tell when I don't know how the fruit is supposed to taste.
I like it. I don't think I'll stock up on it once I've got through the sample, but I like it.
A little while after posting the above I discovered that this is an absolutely excellent tea for iced tea. The fruityness of it works very well on ice.
Today, I find that I still agree with myself. Still can't recognise the candied strawberry and pineapple, but also can't make myself disagree with the description. It's good, but it's not buy-more-immediately good.
Also crossposted to moreteastea and teafortwo
I had never heard of this before, but apparently guanabana is some sort of tropical fruit that we others can't get because the fruit doesn't transport very well. Looks like this
The dry leaves smell weird. Sort of fruity and bitter at the same time. Like a very old orange. At this point I'm sceptic. Very sceptic.
Colour is nice and golden and the scent is something familiar that I can't quite place. It's not mouldy oranges anymore anyway.
The taste is.... strange. Fruity. Adagio suggests something akin to candied strawberry and pineapple. I can't really 'find' those notes but at the same time I don't really disagree either. I can't tell when I don't know how the fruit is supposed to taste.
I like it. I don't think I'll stock up on it once I've got through the sample, but I like it.
A little while after posting the above I discovered that this is an absolutely excellent tea for iced tea. The fruityness of it works very well on ice.
Today, I find that I still agree with myself. Still can't recognise the candied strawberry and pineapple, but also can't make myself disagree with the description. It's good, but it's not buy-more-immediately good.
Also crossposted to moreteastea and teafortwo