Oh dear.
I wanted to love this tea. I just got my pack of samples from Just Organic. When I opened it there was a strong smell of something that reminded me of slippery elm bark which I detest. I don’t know if all the samples were contaminated by this flavor what ever it is but this tea seems to suffer.
First the good. I love the base. Not to astringent, nice and smooth but not meek.
The vanilla flavor is mild and pleasant. Not a huge fan of carob so that might be tripping me up a bit too.
I’m drinking as I write this and have realized it’s more the smell than the taste that bothers me. I wish I had more than one cups worth of leaf so I could mess around with it but I’m getting some more from the kickstarter campaign so I’ll try to come back and update once I’ve messed with the parameters. I very rarely sweeten tea but this might benefit from a pinch of sugar.
Verdict—Undecided, postponed until further tasting.
