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This is a perfectly pleasant strawberry-flavoured Sencha green tea. The tea leaves, strawberry pieces and flavourings combine to make a delicate and refreshing berry-infused drink.
And that right there is the problem. This is supposed to be a melon-based brew. Where the devil is the melon here?
There are no melon pieces in Bird & Blend’s One in a Melon. And you know, I’m fine with that. One can’t be too literal about these things. The freeze-dried strawberry pieces, attractively scattered amongst the tea leaves, are not unwelcome. There are some black peppercorns and red cornflowers in here too.
Maybe you can’t freeze dry a watermelon. I mean, the things are virtually all water anyway, so perhaps once you’ve removed the water, you’re left with nothing at all. Maybe you’re left with less than nothing. And the whole thing becomes a dangerous science experiment, akin to splitting the atom. In which case, I commend Bird & Blend for putting the safety of their staff (and the entire universe) first.
However, this tea – as is usual for this teamonger – contains natural flavourings. It is here where I think Bird & Blend have dropped the melon-shaped ball. Surely their flavouring alchemists could have produced something a bit more, well, melon-y?
There’s nothing actually wrong with the taste of this tea. It’s rather nice. Under other circumstances, it would receive a four-star rating. But I have, understandably, had to knock a star off due to its failure to meet this particular tea fancier’s “tastes like some kind of melon” expectations.
Today’s book (because, as you know, I like to include something off my bookshelves in my tea photos) is The Slanguage of Sex: The no-holds-barred guide to today’s (well, 1985’s) sexual vocabulary by Brigid McConville and John Shearlaw. It does, as you would expect, have an entry for “melons”. Melons: Breasts, particularly large ones. Current male usage, from the size and shape, and also a continuation of the body = food litany. See also Grapefruits.
