52teas 12 Teas of Christmas 2023 – Day 7
OMG, this got reblended?! Weeping Angels taste like pure nostalgia — viciously bittersweet, and filtered through a set of warm, buttery caramel tinted glasses. It’s a full experience.
The flavour profile here is pretty true to my memories of Frank’s version(s) of this tea (I actually like this version a tad better, if my memory is close to accurate). It’s a pleasantly brisk, tannic, and nippy cup — with lodes of buttery caramel (because something about this tea also reminds me of mining and rocks. Also maybe licking those rocks because apparently I do that without question if prompted by tour guides who think they’re funny). It’s maybe a rougher cousin to Butterbeer (mmm, Anne also perfected that blend).
If salt wasn’t already present I’d be tempted to sprinkle some in so I could really recapture that salt mine experience I had in Poland (That’s where I licked the rock wall. I’m only moderately embarrassed about it now). Salt * Caramel is deliciously perfect.
Weeping Angels was one of my first encounters with 52teas (back when Frank ran it). It, like many other of his blends, was initially tricky for me to work with because the base teas were often bolder and brisker than I was used to at that time. Less (leaf, steep time), is more for both old and new Weeping Angels blends. Letting the cup cool down for 10-15 minutes, really makes the buttery sweet profile pop as well.
Anyways, it’s nice to have this tea in the same year David Tennant returns for Doctor Who specials. I didn’t have any of that on my 2023 bingo sheet, but I’m delighted it happened. Fantastic reblend!
Steep Count: 3
Flavors: Brisk, Butter, Butterscotch, Caramel, Caramelized Sugar, Creamy, Dark Bittersweet, Kettle Corn, Malt, Rich, Salt, Sweet, Tannic, Toffee, Wet Rocks, Woody
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Yaaaaaaay! I am so glad you get to experience an old favorite tea again and even better this time around!
:)
I believe the first time I tried this tea was also around the time I had my first 52teas 12 Days of Christmas. Looking at old notes, I see I had it in time for the beginning of 2013, just in time for Dr. Who specials, and again 11 months later as part of the 2013 Christmas advent (it was day 7 too!).
Thanks for refining this one and taking me down memory lane, Anne!
@Crowkettle – I’m so happy that you enjoyed it!
Yaaaaaaay! I am so glad you get to experience an old favorite tea again and even better this time around!
:)
I believe the first time I tried this tea was also around the time I had my first 52teas 12 Days of Christmas. Looking at old notes, I see I had it in time for the beginning of 2013, just in time for Dr. Who specials, and again 11 months later as part of the 2013 Christmas advent (it was day 7 too!).
Thanks for refining this one and taking me down memory lane, Anne!
@Crowkettle – I’m so happy that you enjoyed it!