Amount: 3 scoops
Water: boiling, 1 teapot full
Steep Time: a little over 7 minutes
Notes: kept taking sample sips from 4 minutes on until it was strong enough since it is a sample size.
Militiajim wants to use this as an additive to another tea or beverage because it seems more like a spicing or mulling flavor than a stand alone tea. In fact he is excited to add it to apple juice.
Smell: mostly cardamom and a hint of cinnamon
AmazonV Flavor: peppery and spicy (the cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, pink peppercorns and cloves come out)
Militiajim flavor: cardamom and some other spices.
AmazonV Body: light
Militiajim Body: watery)
Aftertaste: warm, cinnamon, then a burn (ginger)
Rating: 1.5/3
Militiajim: 1/3
Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C
7 min, 0 sec
we tired the apple juice instead of water, it made an excellent mulled cider