Waterlilies Fruit Tea

I received this as a sample size from Teavivre. I find this tea quite heavy on the hibiscus.

This tea brewed up a beautiful maroon colour.

The tea does have a fruity flavour, it is tart, but not bitter. Not terribly sweet.

This is a sweet, tart, fruity blend that tastes best iced with a small pinch of sugar to really bring out the fruity flavors.

For a blend containing roselle and rosehip this is not nearly as tart as you would think, with only a supporting trace of it that compliments the tropical pineapple perfectly!

(This very generous sample was provided courtesy of Angel Chen at Teavivre. Thank you so much, Angel!)

It was actually kind of hard to put this tisane (7 tsp.-ish of it for 2 cups water) into the steeping basket of my Breville because it smelled and looked so tasty (kind of like trail mix) that I wanted to eat it rather than wait for it to be infused.

When this brews up, it is easily the bright red color of fruit punch. The scent of the steeped tea is heavy on the pineapple to me – it manages to smell both sweet and tart together. The first taste of it is very true to smell – I get the sweetness of pineapple at first and that leads into a very tart hibiscus that dominates the rest of the sip. It is so juicy! At first I thought it was too tart – but even thinking that, I managed to go through about half the mug unsweetened.

I did finally add a little bit of sweetener to it (much less than I normally add to that amount of tea) and the result was a perfectly balanced juicy beverage that, while good hot, will be absolutely amazing iced. The second of the two cups I made hot is currently cooling off to be tried iced to affirm this, and when it does I will likely bump this up a few more points.

This review was originally published on Steepster by JoonSusanna on December, 2012. TeaVivre add this whole review here by getting permission from JoonSusanna.

A tale of two teas...

I tend to drink my hot teas without much sugar added, and this one came across pretty tart. Refreshing, very flavorful, but very tart.

However, as an iced tea (which I admit we sugar up pretty good), it's absolutely fantastic. The sugar brings out the flavors and tones down the tartness, and it is extremely refreshing on a hot day.

Everything from Teavivre is delightful, of the highest quality, and delicious! Their customer service is top notch and you won't find better in the tea world!

Waterlillies is fresh, sweet, fruity, tart, and refreshing! I prefer it cold but it is wonderful hot as well. I do not add sugar but you may want to add a touch of it. Drinking this tisane reminds me of being in Florida or the Bahamas!

Great Summer Brew!