LADS, IT'S TEA TIME
You can imagine my utter
joy when I received my tea in the post today. I bought the 50g pouch because unlike our Ro0bs, I'm not made of money.
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Here it is in all its glory
Here's a closer look at the ingredients:
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I was surprised Ruby okayed something with natural flavours in. It doesn't bother me and I guess they are
natural
but adding flavourings at all instead of just other dry ingredients seemed an odd move given her general
obnoxiousness brand.
Here's a pic of the tea itself
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And my mug because it's a great mug
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(Also what
thinks she is)
((
kangaroo bee?? Geddit???)
ON TO THE TASTE TEST
There was no advice on the packet about water temp but as it seems to be mostly black tea I went for just boiling and I brewed it for 3 minutes.
Without milk:
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With milk:
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VERDICT
Okay, hear me out...
It's actually quite nice.
It's a little sweet with the coconut but not too much. I don't like black tea sweet at all but I think having a blend of teas helps balance it out a little. The coconut flavour isn't overwhelming and thankfully isn't too artificial, I'm guessing they've just relied on the dessicated coconut for the flavour, or they were very light handed with any coconut flavourings.
I preferred it with milk (I used cow's milk, soz Rubers), but that was actually more of a texture thing than a taste thing as the milk didn't really affect the flavour.
TASTE: 3.75/5.
I have genuinely enjoyed my cup of this. It's not dissimilar to other teas with coconut in that I've had before, I think actually from B&B if I remember rightly. It's not ground breaking, but it's nice, and I will probably finish the packet.
Would I buy it again?
No, but mostly because I don't really drink very much tea these days, and it's expensive, and I'd rather spend my £12 (including shipping) on snacks.
HERE'S THE THING THO:
IT DOESNT TASTE LIKE A bleeping CANDLELIT LIBRARY.
I don't understand why they've called it that. To me, I head "candlelit library" I expect a rich, smoky tea. I expect to see some lapsang in there or some other smoky tea. Something to ground it.
There's
no smokiness to it. Sure, the coconut gives it some richness in a way that isn't overpowering, but it just all feels a bit.. light? I don't get the kind of heavy, cosy feeling you'd imagine from a cup of tea you're going to have next to you in an old library while you're up studying all night, which is what the name suggests, and would be very on brand for Rewbea.
Honestly this tea should've been released in spring/summer and branded as something to have by you while you sit outside and write
pretentious letters to your
underage fans friends
(also Im aware I sound like I'm talking out of my
a here - trying to convey taste in text is
bleeping hard ok. I'm not a tea snob I swear)
ONE LAST THING
It's interesting to me that
THREE of the four teas in this blend are very commonly associated with claims of weight loss or "stimulating the metabolism."
Do with that information what you will.
