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I had about a spoonful’s worth of this tea saved because I wanted to run a comparison analysis between it and the similarly-named Davids Tea Cardamom French Toast (which I will call CaFT for simplicity’s sake).

Both teas were steeped in 100C water for 4 minutes and immediately one difference became apparent as the DT was much lighter in colour than the 52Teas version (let’s call it COFT – I’m a scientists, we love our acronyms). Taste-wise COFT has a much more robust base which drunk plain is maybe a touch too strong initially compared to the milder CaFT. After they both had a few minutes to cool, more flavours became apparent. One interesting difference between the two is that CaFT has a slight sugary sweetness while COFT tastes like maple. When drank in between bites of something sweet (hey, calories don’t count between Xmas and new years!) other difference became apparent, CaFT has a stronger cardamom flavour while COFT has a more substantial baked/bread- like flavour.

For the next test I added a small splash of skim milk to each cup (this is very scientific, you see) the results were that COFT had its robust base soothed, allowing the background flavours to come out and I could tastes the cardamom and for the first time a bit of coconut as well. CaFT fell a little flat as I find with most DT black tea blends the bases just aren’t very robust and adding milk just makes them taste watery.

The final test was a resteep of both teas at 5 minutes. CaFT unfortunately just tasted like weak tea. COFT on the other hand stood up well to the resteep, courtesy of its stronger bases, it’s milder-tasting but I can still taste the cardamom and the maple in the blend.

Honestly I love both teas, and they both have their strengths and weaknesses. I do lean in favour of 52Teas’ blend however as with a bit of tweaking it had the better combination of flavour and quality and character of the tea base. I can always reduce the steeping time to make a robust tea less stronger but it’s hard to make a tea with a weak base stronger. I also like how the maple syrup came across in the COFT as opposed to the CaFT as it tasted more natural. Please reblend this one at some point LiberTeas!

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I’ll put it on the list for reblend votes the next time we do a poll!

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