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I'm quite unfamiliar with earl grey and black teas. The only experience I had was of Divine Delectable by Moujan Z, but that was a blend of black and herbal tea. I've been so excited to review this blend, but this one has taken me two brews to get my real opinion on it.
Scent:
Now that I'm more familiar with earl grey and these berries, I have a better sense of where I am. The scent is something else. It smells like you put berries on top of a bergamot orange peel and poured some earl grey on it. This would be a great tea to wake-up to in the morning. I also get reminded of a medicine vibe thing. It could just be me, haha.
Taste:
Again, it has that strong earl grey thing going on. I can get a small hint of berry, probably because there was a small amount of forest berries in the teaspoon that I used. I like how this tea tastes when you first take consume it, but on the back, I think its where the earl grey kicks in. It leaves me with a strange citrus-like tart aftertaste. Maybe I'm just not used to earl grey teas, haha.
After tasting this, I can say that I can drink this tea for breakfast. It needs something. You could try this with some cream and sugar and see how it goes. Although cream and sugar = the devil for some tea drinkers out there.
Further Analysis:
Forrest Berries = Ceylon Tea and Summer Berries
Earl Grey = Earl Grey and Bergamot Orange
Cream = Cream flavored Ceylon Tea
So let's see… The berry component only makes 1/4th of this tea. Don't count the bergamot orange because that is what makes that citrus component to this tea that I'm getting. So essentially, this tea is more of a blend of ceylon and earl grey with a minor dash of forest berries and the oil of a bergamot orange.
Overall:
I think the reason why I'm slightly put off by this tea is because of the name. Sure, I love what Veronica Belmont does on her show, Tekzilla, but the name of this tea is slightly misleading. Sure, there's a forest berries component in this tea, but I think that's why this blend is called "Berry Zinger". Since they had to put the emphasis on the berry part of the name.
This should've been called Earl Ceylon/Citrus Zinger. The berries zing away and you're left alone with earl grey and cream, pondering if there will be more.
If you want more berries (like me), you might as well try the Berry Blast or if you want to remain drinking black tea, go for Divine Delectable by Moujan Z.
Score:
3.5 out of 5
You can buy Bearonica's Berry Zinger from here:
http://www.adagio.com/tekzilla/blend.html?blend=3813
