Something that isn't for everyone's tastes (Twinings Four Red Fruits)

Member Name: Squalls_Lover

Product:	Twinings Four Red Fruits
Date:	23/02/06 (76 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Smells lovely, aromatic, tantalizing and appetising

Disadvantages: The taste disappoints - kind of tangy near the end when you swallow

I stopped over a service station on the motorway and was in the mood for something hot.

He wanted tea, and I wanted tea.

I actually like Twinning's Earl Grey, which tastes magnificent. So he picked that, and I, trying to be adventurous, picked the four red fruits tea.

It was served piping hot, with all the lovely fruity scents drifitng up my nostrils and just making me die to drink it when it was a little cooler.

Little did I know that I wasn't to my taste.

It's like... drinking a hot flavoured drink. I could see the tea bag, there were still seeds from the fruits/other obscure herbal things, it wasn't artificial, there was no powder, reason for syntheticness, but I didn't enjoy the taste.

It needed sugar. My mistake, so I put two spoons of sugar.

It tasted a bit better, but the whole prospect of drinking a sweet, _hot_ drink that reminded of dilute drinks like that of Robinsons turned me off.

It was hard. I felt like I was swallowing hot water - that feeling when you drink hot water. I disliked it.

There was a tangy taste in the end when you swallow, sort of sour, hangs at the nape of your throat, and it wasn't pleasant.

My experience of it wasn't good, but maybe, it is something quite nice for other people who are accustomed to drinking peppermint teas, herbal teas and hot water. Definitely hot water.

I took sips of my husband's Earl Grey to recover, and couldn't finish the rest.

I do recommend you to try it, because I am in no position to condemn something just because I don't like it. It's worth a try, of course, you might think differently, your tastes may be different, so do try it once at least.

It does smell nice, and it's bearable when combined with sugar - what I haven't tried - is adding milk, because for some reason it didn't make sense to me - maybe I will try it again next time, with milk.

Then I will write an update and let you know.


Taste: 4/10 - not to my liking

Aroma: 9/10 - excellent

Price: 4/10 - it was pricey where I went, but you can judge for yourselves if you happen to see cheaper ones in the supermarkets/wholesale/etc.

Health: It IS made of organic ingredients I am assuming, as it's dried and doesn't need many perservatives - I liked seeing the dried residue in the tea bag - it made it feel so much less synthetic despite the taste.

Overall: I mean... I could use it for an airfreshner or aromatheraphy, but definitely not for drinking. *is being cheeky now*

6/10 overall.

Summary: A tea worth trying at least once - see if you like it - smells great!