★★★★★
This was excellent! Tasted like fruit punch. I'll get it again.
Blackberry, blueberry and strawberry flavors party playfully in your cup like a rich berry compote with a dollop of cream.
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This was excellent! Tasted like fruit punch. I'll get it again.
Fresh and berri-licious...but I may have brewed it too strong because it reminded me more of Red Zinger by Celestial Seasonings than I expected and not creamy enough as I expected from the name. Good but I won't purchase again. Maybe I'll add some milk next time to cut it a bit. If you love berries, you will really like this.
Definitely my new favorite tea! Bright and fruity, with both sweet and tart notes and a smooth creamy finish. Delightful as both a hot soothing tea and a refreshing cold brew.
So light and refreshing! The sweet berries make this the perfect drink to welcome in spring! @adagioteas
I tried a sample of this that my sister shared with me . Then purchased a sample and small bag as well. This is one of my favorite dessert type teas. All the berry flavors compliment each other wonderfully. Amazing tea to drink instead of eating all the sugary treats that pack on pounds. I love this tea. I’m going to order it in large quantities.
Very strong fruit taste, a little too strong for me
Wow I added a dab of honey and it tastes like fruit punch drink I am sure we all had as kids! Loved it! Certainly purchasing again.
Love this! This is so good and tast great with a little extra oat milk!
Not my favorite fruit tea. If brewed for a short time, the cream note is better balanced with the tart and sweet notes although even with a lot of tea it was not particularly strong. When brewed for a longer time or with more tea, the sour/tart notes take over and dominate. Solidly OK.
A lovely fruity tea that steeps up to a beautiful color!
Very relaxing, smells so fruity but taste is a good muted sweetness
SO LOVELY! I usually cold brew in the fridge and works so well as a juice substitute or as a mocktail mixer!
This tea really pairs well w/ the light notes of creme
Slightly sour, but the creme flavor manages to just barely keep the mediciney flavor at bay, so o really quite good. I suspect this might be nice to try with sugar next time.
CommuniTEA portion: I cold brewed this for several hours. I was a little nervous about the possible tartness of this one, but the creme notes settled that out for me. Still a little tart for my personal tastes to drink often, but a very nice herbal blend. Lovely cold!
This dried tea smelled like berries, as expected. I cold brewed it overnight, and the taste was bright and fruity and reminiscent of fruit punch.
This blend smells nice and has a pleasant enough flavor. On this gray and raining day I couldn't bring myself to cold brew it despite knowing that's generally the only way I can tolerate hibiscus. Would that I did. Despite adding sweetener and a splash of almond milk this tisane was just too tart for my tastes. The berry flavor is there, but it struggles to shine beneath the sour hibiscus.
I didn't have very much tea in my CommuniTEA packet which is why I think it was lacking the full berry taste that I was expecting. I didn't find it to be too tart, but it did have a slight astringent taste on the back end. I'm going to order a full sample and give it another try and update my review.
This is a very nice berry tea! It's a bit tangy, probably from the hibiscus and rose hips, but with enough berry flavor to back it up. The cream flavor rounds everything out nicely. For a non-caffeinated option, it's great!
i know tart flavors arent everyone's cup of tea, but this tea was delicious! it reminds me of kompot that my grandparents would make with whatever fruits and berries we had lying around that had gone mushy. i didnt get much of a cream flavor, but adding a few sugar crystals did help some!
Beautiful red color, smells good but the rose hips and hibiscus are too strong.
Today's CommuniTea packet is berry creme compote, made of rose hips, hibiscus, apple pieces, blue cornflowers, raspberries, raspberry leaves, strawberries, blueberries, and creme, blueberry, strawberry flavor and blackberry flavors. Colorful, with a lovely scent and not too sweet. The cream flavor didn't seem to detract. It could be a nice addition to my summer iced tea assortment. Cold steeped in 12 ounces of water for about 9 hours.
CommuniTEA Review: I tried my sample as a cold brew and I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. Great berry flavor with just the right ratio of sweet and tart.
This tastes so good cold brewed! It’s both sweet and tart and doesn’t need sweetener. This one is great!
I really enjoyed this tea from my communiTea pack. Although I tried it hot, I really think this one would have been amazing over ice. I really enjoyed smelling the tea, and the taste was just as pleasant. Very nice berry favor with a smooth and mellow creme finish. Yum! 10 min @ 212F/100C with 1 tsp local honey.
Dry it had a punch of berry scent. Brewed it was a pretty dark red. The taste was tart and juicy without being overwhelming. I added 1/2 teaspoon of sugar to tame the sourness. (3 mins @ 200°F)
Because hibiscus was the first ingredient and because i don’t like it’s strong tart taste, I used a temp lower than boiling, and I only steeped for 5 minutes. That did keep the tartness to an acceptable level, but then I didn’t taste the berries. I don’t like to add sweetener to my hot tea so it didn’t work for me. Maybe it would be better as an iced tea.
Yum! Really like this tea. It was very colorful and smelled great. It was a sweet berry flavor with a little tartness to it. The cream flavor subtly made its way in towards the end. Overall a great tea when craving something sweet.
Like most hibiscus herbals, this blend begins with a hibiscus punch - but in this one, it is accompanied by juicy berry flavors. This tart berry flavor lingers on the palette, settling as a creme aftertaste appears. This is a TART sip all the way through, but I found it special because the hibiscus flavor never stands alone like in other blends. Berry flavors are strong all the way through, and the creme is a perfect boost.
I liked the slight bitterness and berry combo. Interesting sip.
CommuniTEA 3/24/22: This is a tea I've had before and enjoyed. It's great warm but also good iced. This was a refreshing way to start my day: heavy on the berry flavor and less of the tangy hibiscus that is present in many berry blends by Adagio. I like this tea a lot!
20 min @ 212F
Very nice tea. Always a fan of anything berry, but the highlight of this for me was the addition of the cream. The continuation of flavors felt smooth and luscious.
Juicy, tart berries with a subtle hint of creme greet your nose from the packet. I enjoyed mine hot today, but this would be perfectly refreshing cold brewed for hot summer days. This tisane definitely has a pucker effect when enjoyed straight between the berries, rose, and hibiscus, but adding sweetener makes it more palatable and enhances the creme flavor if that's not your thing. I will definitely be adding this to my stock to have alone or making my own blends to add some caffeine.
Ooh, this is a berry delicious tea! It is slightly tart, very fruity, light, and steeps to a beautiful ruby red color! I drank this CommuniTEA sample hot but I think it would be a lovely iced tea. I plan to purchase some for some delicious refreshment in our hot Florida summers!
Update 3/24/22 Tried this again with the CommuniTea. I upgraded from 4 to 5 stars today. I decided to try it hot again . There was just a wonderful creamy berry taste with maybe some tartness in the background. Yum!
This tea has a wonderful smell from the packet, like berries and cream. Once brewed to a pretty red tea , the wonderful scent continued but the taste did not match the smell. A little disappointed that the hibiscus took over the cup. I let it cool and poured it over ice . More of the berry flavor was present but could still taste the tartness. The second steep was pale in color and very weak in taste. In that second steep , there was mostly berry and no tartness.
The Ruby redness of this tea is beautiful but the hibiscus tartness keeps coming through for me and I am really not a fan of hibiscus. I thought that perhaps I was one of few who did not like hibiscus but after reading several of the reviews I am finding that I am one of many. I am going to let the tea cool to see if perhaps that will calm the tartness. I really don’t like to add cream or sugar to my teas and trying very hard to not do the additives with this tea.
Steeping Notes — 195 degrees for 5 + minutes in a tea traveler — Grandpa Style.
My first communitea packet I cold brewed overnight. Added a little sugar and enjoyed it the next day. I'm not sure I would like this hot, but it is a tasty cold drink on a warm day full of berry flavor!
This smells amazing! I'm not a fan of hibiscus, so I knew that would be a turnoff for me, but I can tell that anyone who does like it (probably anyone who likes fruit tisanes) will really enjoy this. Based on some other reviews, I added some milk and sugar, which did overcome the tartness for me. I was very excited to try this as a communitea sample!
I'm not a fan of fruity-hibiscus sweet & sour teas - but this one surprised me. It's actually pretty good. The berry flavours aren't too sweet, which I like. This is a tart herbal tea, softened by the creme.
Smells like a fresh baked berry pie, and tastes just as delicious! I steeped mine as directed and added just a splash of coconut milk.
Love this tea. It tastes like you just went berry picking for blueberries, strawberries, and blackberries and just shoved a pile of fresh berries in your mouth.
Wonderful for cold-brewed tea. Berry delicious and refreshing
This tea looked and smelled beautiful straight from the CommuniTea packet a joyous mix of colors and shapes filling the air with the scent of berries. Brewed for 6 minutes at 212. The taste is tart hibiscus to start but swallow and wait a second and your mouth fills with this dark berry richness. I seriously found myself drinking this tea like fine wine, savoring the lingering berry finish. As the tea cooled, the berry finish faded but the taste was still delicious. I tried a second steep recreate the magic but, alas, it was not to be. As with most fruity herbal teas I have tried, the second steep is weak and a pale shadow of the original brew. Ah well, I will need to purchase this one to savor some more.
This is a favorite tea of mine and I usually drink it with dessert in the evening because of the no caffeine feature. Today I am drinking it with a Blackberry Buttermilk muffin at breakfast time and it is divine. I steeped once at 212 degrees for almost 10 minutes (I was impatient!).
This wasn’t as fruity or cloying as I expected, which is a good thing. It was a good tea, but I couldn’t help feel it was missing something.
5/12/2021 - I really wanted to love this tea, but for me the cream flavoring gave it an odd smell and artificial taste. Lots of other tea lovers at Adagio like this one, so I'm putting it down to this one not being my cup of tea. The berry flavor is nice...but the cream portion just ruined it for me. Might be just the thing for someone else though!
3/24/2022 - I'm changing my mind a bit on this tea. I've upped my brewing skills somewhat over the past year, and I know how to brew almost anything to fit in with my taste in tea. I don't enjoy the 'creme flavoring'...went into it knowing this, so gave the fruit a bit of a boost with a thin slice of fresh lemon. Brewed 212, 10 minutes. Now the fruit is totally forward and the creme is just a background flavor. Enjoyed this tea...a bit sweeter than wild strawberry, dewy cherry or the other fruit tisanes. Nice hot -- bet it's wonderful cold brewed! And this would definitely be a nice pairing with a fruity black tea or oolong! Upping stars from 3 to 5.
This tart, fruity tea brews up to a beautiful ruby color. It is good hot or iced, but I find it best iced with a little tiny bit of sugar added to balance the tartness. Delicious!
Perfect herbal dream of fruit iced or hot teas. Like some reviews, this blend taste like a jolly rancher.
Berry Crème Compote brews into a beautiful red, tart tea. I love the hibiscus. For maximum flavor, I steep it for at least 10 minutes, rather than try to get two weaker cups out of it.
Yummy! Very Delicious!! I love the burst of 'Crazy' tasting burst of fruit. The tea taste like assorted Jolly Ranchers.. Fruit heaven with a touch of cream. :)