“2023 sipdown no. 36 Thank you Kelmishka for sending so many 52Teas for me to try! This is so tasty! It’s really reminiscent of another tea, but for the life of me I can’t put my finger on which tea...” Read full tasting note
“12 Teas of Christmas- Day 1 I’m only doing 3 tea countdowns this year. I really need to get my stash under control, and I’m about to go on a trip that’s going to be very tea-filled, so didn’t want...” Read full tasting note
“12 Teas of Christmas: Day 1 This morning I woke up incredibly congested — one of just a few lingering covid symptoms. I was so excited to start the 52Teas countdown, though, that I made a pot of...” Read full tasting note
“1st Tea of Christmas 2022 Mmm, this one reminds me of “Tangerine Cupcakes with Marshmallow Frosting”, from last year – a tea I adored. Cue orange-y citrus, creamy vanilla, undertones of sweet baked...” Read full tasting note
1st Tea of Christmas 2022!
(Previously the Tea of the Week for August 6, 2018!)
Tea and Scones – two great things that taste great together!
I started with a base of organic black teas: a combination of tippy Yunnan, Ceylon & Assam, heavy on the Yunnan – and then I added some orange sections and raisins as well as some sweet, cake-y scone-like essence with just a hint of cream. The raisin is a bit more forward – complimented by the sweet, dry fruit profile of the black teas – while the orange is very delicate, meant more as an accent than a distinct profile. My reason behind this is this: I know that there are a lot of different flavored scones out there (my favorite at the moment is a maple pecan scone from our local bakery), but rather than try to focus on a specific flavored scone, I wanted to focus more on the idea of scones and tea. I didn’t want to overwhelm the nice scone-y taste that I managed to create with too much of another flavor, so I decided to go with a touch of orange and some raisin.
The tea is sweet with a smooth, buttery finish. Really nice!
organic ingredients: black teas, raisins, oranges, calendula petals & natural flavors
At 52teas.com, you will find unique, hand-blended artisan loose leaf teas: a new limited edition creation every week of the year. We pride ourselves on offering truly unique, one-of-a-kind tea blends that you won’t find anywhere else.