Steeping instructions:

Amount of water: 6 oz

Amount of Tea: 1 Flat teaspoon

Water Temperature: 190° F

Steeping Time: 1-8 minutes.

• Oolong Tea
• Tea History

Wulong tea,Passion fruit,Assorted fruit pieces

Passionfruit is one of those fruits that often elicits a love-or-hate response, with very little middle ground. Thus, as I sampled Red Leaf Tea's Passionfruit Wulong, I assumed that this would either be a fantastic or a really undrinkable blend. In the end, I found that this tea was, surprisingly, just okay. The tea has a strong, and somewhat bitter flavor, which is pretty true to what one would expect from passionfruit. The passionfruit flavor had a lasting effect on the palette which endured long after I finished my cup. However, whereas passionfruit can often be overwhelmingly strong, this tea was actually relatively mild (by passionfruit standards). This may be because the tea contains not only passionfruit but also other fruit pieces which may donwplay the strength and tartness of the passionfruit. However, a drawback to the muted flavor of the passionfruit is that the tea lacked substantial oomph that one might expect from a tea flavored with such a distinct fruit. Even though the passionfruit was, relatively speaking by passionfruit standards, to be mild, it still overpowered the oolong tea. I could not actually taste the oolong tea base at all, which I found to be a disappointment. In truth, I have found very few flavored oolongs that really impress me. In all, I wouldn't tout this as an award-winning tea, but it's still an interesting blen I recognize that this could be a challenging blend to master, and the folks at Red Leaf have done a decent job.

Vanessa - Teaviews.com - Reviewer