When I was writing my shopping list ready for my recent trip to Twinings on The Strand, Pomegranate White Tea was on the top of my list. I love white tea, it's light and refreshing, perfect to take when you don't want a heavy black tea, or if you fancy a change from fruit or green tea's.
I really enjoy Twinings Pure White tea, so this was, for sure, something I wanted to purchase. White tea is very hard to purchase in the average supermarket so I took full advantage and brought a box in the Strand shop.
Pomegranate White Tea is sold in boxes of twenty and come individually wrapped in their own packaging.
To make life a little easier, you can use boiling water on this tea which is fab if your in a rush or just can't wait for the water to cool a little. As you can see in the picture, it says you can brew it for 1-2 minutes, but I tend to brew it for just one minute. You still get the rich, fruity flavour of the fruit, whilst, at the same time, avoiding any risk of bitterness you can get with white tea if you over brew it.
This tea does not need milk nor sugar - it's perfect as it is!
Today is a utterly grey, wet and thoroughly miserable day, so it was lovely to sit down, after doing all the chores and have the luxury to just sit and enjoy this tea.
The pomegranate flavouring in this tea is absolutely gorgeous. It's so sweet and tangy, and the flavour is all the more stronger because the white tea is very delicate. The two work well together.
The sweet taste remains with you for some time after you have finished the cup. Not in the sense of it repeating on you, but, it just lingers nicely in your mouth.
The white tea is rounded, but very delicate, but it still retains it's own special taste.
Pomegranate White Tea would make a perfect cup of tea to serve after a heavy meal, or, indeed, between courses as it's very refreshing and cleanses the palate.
One thing I would say about white tea is that because of it's delicateness, it's prone to take on flavours from other things, so please keep white tea, whether it be pure or with flavouring, away from anything that is strongly scented. If possible keep it in a caddy (you can find some really sweet, inexpensive caddy's around!). If you don't have a caddy available store it in all it's original packaging away from other tea's that have strong flavours.
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