Just a few more T Kettle blends to write notes for – I didn’t try all of their teas but a very significant chunk of their website, and now I just have tasting notes for the last few stragglers from that initial sampling…
This is very clearly modeled after Caribbean Crush from DT – it’s one of the most overt of the T Kettle “dupes”. As a stand alone tea, it’s not bad at all – sweet tropical pineapple and red berry with some vanilla undertones. The finish is a smidge soapy to me, and I can’t place exactly what that’s coming from. As a side by side against Caribbean Crush, I find this doesn’t make as strong of an impression – it just lacks a lot of the juiciness of Caribbean Crush and overall the taste/mouthfeel is just thinner. There’s also a much more overt vanilla/cream flavouring in this blend – and while there is cream flavouring in Caribbean Crush it’s not really there to make the blend taste creamy – y’know!? So it feels a touch out of place here.