Day 17 of the Kiani advent calendar. It’s not a big deal, but I find it mildly annoying to call things that aren’t matcha, matcha. It’s fine to just call it dragonfruit powder, white tea powder, and pigeon wing/butterfly pea flower powder! That would be simultaneously more accurate and less confusing. But by this point in the calendar I know to look things up on the website for more detailed information and instructions (which, to be fair, I would have had to do with the DavidsTea calendar too except that those were all herbal blends and I gave them all more or less the same treatment).
I mixed this up as an iced oat milk latte. Flavor-wise, I find this a weird choice for a powder, in part because I find it a weird choice for a straight tisane. The website explains the ayurvedic health benefits, which is all well and good, but not generally why I drink tea. It’s earthy but also mild. The creaminess of the oat milk at least adds some heft and substance to the cup, but I wonder whether it’s not also drowning some of the flavor. Which is maybe not a bad thing.
