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So backstory time. I got a tea a while back from my sisters boyfriend (Mike you’re cool in my book) and It Sparkled. As a Glam Girl, I loved the aesthetic. Fast forward two weeks, and I ran out, so I mourned, and forgot all about it. But recently when looking at sites to buy tea from I ran across Par Avion. Intrigues by the fancy french name (it means “by airplane”) I checked it out. They had an Entire Section of sparkle teas. I immediately went into “Take My Money” mode and bought the black tea blend, which is what we are reviewing here for you lovely readers.
You can buy it here its a little more pricy at $18 for two ounces. It does come in a nice tin, which justifies it some.
Geeves’ Thoughts:
- 5/10 on taste
- 10/10 on novelty
- My taste score is being generous, in my opinion. The black tea base was decent, but it had a lot of sugar in it, and I don’t like adding sugar to my tea. Sugar masks the bitterness, and if you don’t like the bitter taste of a tea, pick a different one!
- The pigment was beautiful. I loved the sheen, and I showed it off to everyone I could.
- Would I serve it for a party? 100% yes. Would I make it to drink alone? Probably not.
Maggie’s Thoughts:
- So Im very conflicted. So Im going to rate this tea in two separate categories. Aesthetic and Taste
- Aesthetic : 10/10
- This is a gorgeous tea, loose and brewed.
- The tea blend is a black tea base, with little tiny gold sugar-balls and sprinkles, which makes for a beautiful contrast, especially in the black tin it comes in.
- Brewed it is still very pretty. You don’t see the sparkles at first. But with a closer look you see clouds of sparkles with the hints of larger sprinkles swirling around in your cup. truly reminiscent of a midnight sky.
- Put this in a glass tea pot or carafe, and you have a wonderful tea to set at the dinner table, under some good lights.
- Taste: 5/10
- I’m going to be perfectly honest. taste-wise this tea was pretty average.
- It didn’t really have anything that stood out and made me go WOWZA, The black tea had a bit a malt to it, but it was easily overwhelmed by sugar.And the sugar-balls meant that there was an added sugar, of which I’m not the biggest fan. I work in a tea shop, so I’ve been broken of the habit of adding sugar, unless its a desert tea. (In those cases I occasionally throw the Decorum Book at a wall, and think Treat Yo Self 2019, and throw in some cream and sugar. Its the simple things in life. )
- So though I wouldn’t Not serve it. its more of a novelTEA thing. Like wow cool it sparkles.( and it was super cool, catch me telling all my friends that my Tea Sparkles)
- Maybe if I blended it with another tea it would get bumped up the rating scale, but by itself, it comes at a solid 5/10.
- (side note, I blended this with some vanilla tea I have and it went really well with that. so that might be an option if you want both aesthetic and taste.)
- Aesthetic : 10/10
- TLDR:
- 5/10 on Taste
- full marks for the #Looke and Flair though
- A very lovely conversation tea, but not one to seek out for taste.
Well thats it on this tea. Message us if you try it, and what you think! we’d love to see how you find it. May Your Lives be full and Your TeaCups be Fuller.
xoxo Maggie and Geeves.
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