My first introduction to this tea was the Passion Tea Lemonade that Starbucks used to serve in the days prior to the company acquiring Teavana. I remember the drink being just the right amount of tart, and refreshing. So when I saw the Tazo Passion tea in the store, I decided to buy it to try on it's own.
Big mistake.
First of all, it's supposed to have a passionfruit flavor. I don't taste it at all. All I taste is tart hibiscus, and if that wasn't enough, there's added citric acid to make it even more tart. It's so tart that I doubled my usual amount of sugar, and it was still too tart. So I added more sugar...still not drinkable. I might keep it around to try to blend with other teas, but I honestly think that I can find much better teas to blend with more subtle teas.
Just...gross.
Rating:
1/5 stars
Buy this tea here:
Passion
Price: $2.98/box of 20 bags
Price: $2.98/20 bags
I stumbled upon this tea in my local grocery store's bulk section, and decided to give it a whirl. I noticed the nice berry aroma, and thought it would be a good tea to try.
Cameron's website states that it has the aroma and taste of passion fruit and raspberry. I could not find a list of ingredients on Cameron's website, and the bulk tag on my package does not list ingredients, so I could not tell exactly what is in the tea, or if there are any added flavoring agents in it.
I brewed the tea my usual way, approximately 1 teaspoon per 8 oz of water and a teaspoonful of sugar per 8 oz cup. When I sweeten teas, I usually use raw sugar or rock sugar, never refined sugar.
The tea smelled delightful as I brewed it, bright and fruity. I took a taste and had to spit out my first sip. It was incredibly sour, like biting into a lemon. I highly suspect that there was less passion fruit and raspberry in the tea and more cranberry. I kept adding sugar and by 4 teaspoons of sugar in my cup, it was still too sour to drink. I was very disappointed, and disappointed that I had bought a full 5.5 ounces of this stuff. I might add a bit of it to teas that are flavorless or too sweet tasting. This one is just not good by itself.
Rating:
1/5 stars
Buy this tea here:
Passionberry Tisane
Price: $1.29/1 oz
