Jun 18
Laura’s Teaview Snapshot
 | "While Cupteavity describes this as rooibos vanilla with a hint of rose, I found just the opposite to be true! My cup was very rosy with just a touch of vanilla. "
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"Loose rooibos vanilla with just a hint of rose. Cup of tea for a romantic in heart." ---Cupteavity website.Cupteavity is a Pennsylvania based company that sort of flew under my radar until they sent some samples in for review. One thing to note about Cupteavity is that while playing around on their website, I found that if you are not in a big hurry to get your tea, they have some VERY reasonable shipping prices if you select first class shipping. Also, they will give you a 1 oz sample of their tea of the week with a $20 purchase.
While waiting for my cup to infuse, I discovered that Cupteavity does not list the ingredients of each blend on their website. My sample package does contain not only rooibos, but also flower shreds and it appears maybe some almond slivers and some other ingredient that I am unsure of. While I am not one that dings the review for lack of sharing ingredients, I did want to point that out for folks that have allergies and other sensitivities. The aroma of the blend coming from my sample package is quite floral (rosy) with just a touch of vanilla. While Cupteavity describes this as rooibos vanilla with a hint of rose, I found just the opposite to be true! My cup was very rosy with just a touch of vanilla. Since strong rose flavored teas generally aren't a favorite of mine, I found this to be a little disappointing. The rose even overpowered the rooibos some, which was a little surprising to me because I generally think of rooibos as having a kind of strong and distinctive flavor.
While I am glad to have heard of Cupteavity and still am interested in trying more of their blends, Berlin Mix is not a blend that I will be purchasing. This is not terrible by any means, but it is not really my thing. I used to have a white tea in my stash which was a white tea with vanilla and rose and I really thought this was going to be the rooibos version of that blend. However, that blend was much heavier on the vanilla and had just a hint of rose. I could only recommend this to those that are lovers are a rather rosy tea.
— To purchase Cupteavity Berlin Mix, or for more specific information on ingredients or the story behind this particular blend, click here to go directly to the manufacturer's web site.
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