[Review of either spring or winter 2016 batch]
A toasty little tea. It’s like you’re sitting around a campfire, and one person is roasting some pecans and another is lighting marshmallows on fire and blowing them out just in time to achieve that flambe-marshmallow goodness. Put toasted pecans and flambeed marshmallows together, and I would say you have this tea.
There are a few other notes in there, especially some red fruit. It’s quite a rich experience. The nuttiness is noticeable from the get-go. However, the sweetness of the marshmallow, toffee,and caramel notes balances the roasted nuttiness quite well.
A wonderful, interesting experience. A bit expensive (for me) for a black tea, but the quality is excellent. Also, the sweet notes in this tea are unlike any other black tea I have tried.
*
Dry leaf – grassy, dry floral, like dried flowers; some darker notes – black currant, hints of dry chocolate. In preheated vessel – nutty caramel, roast pecans, rich buttery caramel, some red berry notes
Smell – roasted pecans, buttery caramel, toffee chocolate bar, red currant, fresh cherry
Taste – heavily roasted almonds and pecans, fire-toasted (blackened) marshmallow, buttery caramel, hints red currant and fresh cherry (particularly in aftertaste)
