The Persimmon Tree® offers customers some of the world’s finest
organic teas and botanical. Their high quality teas are hand-blended and
organically grown. When doing my research, what I found most
interesting about this company is that some of their teas are also fair
trade, ensuring a better life for tea workers from countries across
Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Ingredients: Green Tea, Lotus Blossoms
Steep Time: 2 minutes
First Sip Thought: “Ahhh…awakening my senses!”
Smell: A bright, and quite peppery scent at first. As it steeped, I felt the scent becoming much soother.
Taste:
Keep in mind, I have not tried other lotus teas before this one. Thus,
my thoughts will be very different from anyone who has because I won’t
be comparing. I dove into this tea with no thoughts in my mind so I was
surprised a lot with the flavours that were appearing in my mouth. As my
first sip thought state, it was definitely very strong but not in a bad
way. The first sip took my mind away to a flower bed where I started
trimming bushes and planting flowers of all sorts. Very floral, but very
welcoming. However, the taste started to get softer with each sips and I
started getting hints of maybe a vanilla grassy taste that lingered
until I saw the bottom of my teacup. This may be a tea I would have an
interesting relationship with. I’ve read other reviews that it was much
more enjoyable cold, so I will try that next time. I will also be
infusing this for a second time to get a softer, yet creamy taste from
it.
Verdict: 3 out of 5 tea leaves
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