Nov 25
Troy’s Teaview Snapshot
 | "Truth is Beauty, Beauty Truth, but most certainly Beauty is not always tasty."
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Truth is Beauty, Beauty Truth, but most certainly Beauty is not always tasty.The "Raw" bulb smells a bit of roasted greens, the starchy dark things that enliven southern cooking, and bring aroma to Mediterranean ethnic cuisines. This aroma emits slightly from the bulb, which forms a sort of chubby green cartoon-ish acorn. The bulb is well pressed, and you can see clean tight stitches in the little seam between the "cap" and the main mass. This all impresses as flowering teas vary widely in quality, and the novelty of them leads to their production by less skilled manufacturers.
The beauty of flowering teas is like that of Champaign, gentile, ephemeral, like the orchid which blooms once a year, and then is nothing but withered petals and a bare stem. I steeped with near boiling water and the bulb dropped quickly to the bottom of the cup, which is a very good sign. As the outer tea leaves expanded and straitened, twisted orange petals and a string of small white popcorn-like blossoms were exposed. The show is quick, but seems to stretch longer than the clock would corroborate, which is a virtue as I've found most blossoming teas take very nearly forever to open up. Each little white blossom popped from the mass to bounce at the end of its string creating a rope of delicate silken bundles.
The water turned a dark amber-brown, and showed once again that beauty has its cost. This tea is an actor on stage, beautiful and full of fury, but without meaning or substance. This isn't a bad thing though, sometimes you do just want a little pretty, and thats more or less what your going to get. Lavender Romance did not taste, strongly, of lavender. Its beauty would make it a nice centerpiece for a romantic dinner, say in a wine glass, but it doesn't really have that romantic a flavor, Tasting mildly of raw chard and kale. It was certainly drinkable, but nothing to write home about. All in all, in its pretty little, Valentine's friendly, gift box it'd make a wonderful gift instead of traditional roses, provided you don't have a strange lover who thinks it odd when you stop them from eating those roses.
— To purchase Grand Tea Lavender Romance, 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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