This was one that surprised me. For some reason when I first smelled the tea in dry state I was a little put off. I don’t know why and can’t explain it. I like coconut, I like crème, I didn’t have issue with any ingredient in the tea. Still, something made me go hummm. Still, of course, I steeped it.

First cup, I was still hesitant to decide if I liked it or not. I quizzed myself as to what my issue was, was it the flavoring? I looked at the dry leaf left in my sample bag again. White Tea, Safflowers, Cornflowers, Coconut, check. All the ingredients as listed on their site were in the bag. Could it be that I was simply not used to all natural flavorings?

I thought about it, I do love coconut teas, have a few of them in my favorites stash. All of them however upon further inspection had no actual coconut in them! Interesting. All artificially flavored or at least only flavored with natural coconut oils, but not coconut itself. At this point I was angry with myself! How could someone who is so into natural flavorings get to this place? Being suspicious by an ingredient being exactly what it is supposed to be!? Then it hit me, the smell was coconut, RAW NATURAL COCONUT! So somehow this nature girl got taken in by, or used to the artificial coconut, or at least natural coconut flavorings, and forgot what real coconut tasted like in a tea! So now, upon looking at this dry, and steeped leaf, I saw all the little shreds of coconut through out it! Smiling I took another sip. Yes, that is it, real coconut! Yummm!

I found myself gulping down the first steep, then a second, then a third! The smell of the beach, fresh ocean water aromas, and that strange and wonderful coconut aroma with a milky creamy backdrop, soothed me. I was shocked for some reason to get such flavor out of steep three! Granted this tea is blended with a very nice white peony tea base but still, I am not used to getting three healthy and rich steeps from flavored teas in my experience, at least it is not the norm, especially with white tea based flavored teas!

What Persimmon Tree Tea has to say about Coconut Creme:

This organic white peony loose-leaf tea hand-blended with coconut, safflowers, and cornflowers, delivers a sweet and creamy texture with a light body. Bound to become a favorite among family and friends; enjoy hot or iced.

I steeped this tea using 2 teaspoons of loose leaf tea, at 180˚for 4 minutes.

The milky cream backdrop was not over done. Often when cream or milk based teas I find that it is so strong it masks the other flavors in the tea. With this tea I could savor the quality white peony base, the coconut, the floral aspects, and the crème flavors perfectly.

This is an organic tea that is quite refreshing and I can’t wait to try it iced! This tea really has grown on me, in fact I woke up this morning thinking about it and am about to step away from writing this review to steep another cup, or maybe a pot of it now! Thankfully Persimmon Tree Tea sends generous sized samples!