April 29 Prompt – National Sense of Smell Day: drink your most aromatic tea
Several of my teas could be tied with this one for aroma, especially if they were fresh, but this one does happen to be fresh and wow, that aroma packs a beautiful punch!
It knocked my socks off the first time I tried it. Some teas are all about that base (heh heh) but this is definitely all about the flavouring. This is sooo grape-y. Grape candy, grape Dimetapp (do they still make that or is this like gmathis’ Freakies cereal?)
What sets this apart from their Muscat tea, of which I have only had the decaf version, is the addition of sparkling wine flavor. When I have the two teas pretty close together I feel like Muscat is a substandard substitute for this one, but when I have Muscat on its own without having had this one recently, it is superb to me. When this runs out, I will almost certainly be buying some more decaf Muscat for evenings and maybe some for daytime tea.
It is nicely brisk, so I think you could add milk or sugar, especially sugar to amp up the grape candy aspect. I love it just as it is, though.
So how do we derive “Jingle Bells” from a grapey tea? Hmmm…
I think it must be the “wine” part! Boy do I have a video I need to send you…I’m on it!