Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Black
Where to Buy: Mountain Witch Tea Company
Tea Description:
Quench your thirst with our special prickly pear tea blend. We infused our finest black tea with the flavor of Mojave Desert prickly pear for a delicious & unusual tea. Made with our best black tea, natural & artificial flavors, marigold & safflower petals, citric acid.
Learn more about this tea here.
Taster’s Review:
I can’t say that I’ve ever had anything like this one before. I’m not sure what Prickly Pear is supposed to taste like so I did some research and it from what I can gather it is supposed to taste similar to watermelon with a slight bite like kiwi fruit. I’m not sure if that is what I’m tasting but this is really good!
Another offering from the Mountain Witch tea Company and I am impressed. So far I’ve had three or four of their teas and they all seem to have a nice fresh crisp taste to them without having the artificial flavoring chemical taste. I can’t say this is one of my favorites of theirs but it makes an amazing cup of iced tea!
The tea itself has a sweet yet tangy flavor to it. I don’t pick up any kind of black tea base. I do pick up a melon like flavor that has hints of a peach or apricot flavor with a side note of honey. I know, it sounds really different but the flavors work. The description says that it is a unusual tea and I agree with that. This is a great light tea for the spring/summer months. The dry leaves have a peach and honey like aroma to them. I would love a candle that smells exactly like these tea leaves.
Blood Orange Tea from Mountain Witch Tea Company
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Black
Where to Buy: Mountain Witch Tea Company
Tea Description:
This unusual tea blend combines the sweet flavor of blood orange with black tea, roses, a dash of sweet vanilla and other delicious fruit flavors. It’s a real taste delight similar to an orange creamsicle. It is made with our best black tea, orange peel, rose hips, rose petals, safflowers, natural & artificial flavors.
Learn more about this tea here.
Taster’s Review:
When I was a kid, I loved orange creamsicles. I asked my mom for them all of the time. Those and those Fred Flinstone “Push-Ups”. My whole family loved them. We made a huge mess with them. They always seemed to melt before we were able to finish them. I remember one night my dad almost taking down an entire box himself. This tea tastes just like one of those!!
I have had several teas in the past that say they taste like an orange creamsicle but those always seemed to fall short. Usually the black tea base was always stronger than it should be or the orange flavoring tasted fake. So when I was on Steepster and checking out everybody’s reviews I noticed a new company I had never heard of. Mountain Tea Witch Company. I checked them out and they had several different flavored blacks, greens, whites, and herbals. I was excited about the different ones that they offered. Blueberry Pancake, Bavarian Vanilla Cream, and Blood Orange Tea just to name a few. There were so many to choose from.
First sip, I was expecting that artificial orange taste to hit me, but that wasn’t the case at all. This tasted like a real orange with a creamy vanilla side. I am even having trouble typing up this review because I keep stopping to drink more. This may very well be the best orange tea I have ever had. The vanilla is so perfectly done. It provides that natural sweetness and soft creaminess that blends so very well with the blood orange. All of the flavors taste very fresh and not artificial at all. There is a black tea base but its hardly noticeable. I am even drinking this iced and usually you instantly taste the black tea. Not so here. Just a very well balanced tea. I am extremely pleased with this offering and am looking forward to checking out the rest of the teas they have to offer. Well done!