Another from the GCTTB. I’ve been wanting to try something from 52 teas for a while now and I absolutely love cheesecake (and turtles!!) so this seemed like a match made in heaven. Unfortunately it didn’t quite live up to my expectations.
The dry tea was sweet smelling and I could catch the odd hint of chocolate and a bit of nuttiness but not much else. There were some definite hunks of pecans in the mix tho so I was holding out hope.
The steeped liquor was a dark brown and had a slit cheesecake scent to it (yay) with a bit of chocolate undertones. Unfortunately the aroma didn’t really match the flavors, the cheesecake pretty much disappeared aside from an odd aftertaste. There was still the odd chocolate note but no real caramel flavors (tho the mouthfeel was somewhat creamy) and the black tea base really didn’t add much. The one note that was particularly present was the pecan flavor, a bit bitter but I’d almost call this more of a candied pecan tea than turtle cheesecake.
Oh well it’s just as well as I’m not sure how happy I would have been if I had found that I really really liked this tea since I only have enough for one more cup and it’s currently out of stock :)
