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This is a very odd tea. It’s basically a black tea masquerading as a herbal tisane. The clues were there: Sri Lankan black tea is listed third on the ingredients list after the only two other ingredients, orange peel and hibiscus. Yet, I was still unprepared for quite how un-tea-y this tea is.
For a start, it’s a startlingly reddish pink colour. It laughs in your face if you even think about adding milk. The flowery, fruity flavours reminded me of rosehips. I really couldn’t detect the black tea at all.
The reddish colour makes sense, of course, given that Morgan’s Brew’s Sangria is inspired by the Spanish wine punch of the same name. The first time I ever heard of Sangria, was in the lyrics of Lou Reed’s Perfect Day, where he and his romantic other “drink sangria in the park”.
I think if I had to choose a beverage for Alfresco drinking during my own personal Perfect Day, I probably wouldn’t opt for this one. I’d choose a tea with a bit more tea in it.
Today’s featured book is Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers.
