I should have shaken up the bag before I scooped out this tea… not tasting any cumin, and I wonder if that’s why. The coconut is just starting to go off, but this is still pretty drinkable; however, I’m just not getting enough chai from it. Like, it’s weak enough that I feel it would be completely overwhelmed by milk. It’s also feeling a bit astringent to me, which I’m not a big fan of.
Some quick research tells me that this tea is at least 3 years old, so that’s probably partially why it’s not as flavourful as it could be, but I feel like it may not have quite been the chai blend of my dreams that I had hoped it would be. Have about a cup of this left, so will endeavour to finish it off quickly, and re-rate if indeed I can get more flavour out of it.
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This one is nearly 4 years old – I remember it was sometime in the fall/winter of our first year. :)
And yeah, shaking it probably would have delivered more cumin flavor as the toasted cumin seeds would be responsible for delivering the cumin flavor. I remember this tea pretty vividly because I was a little worried that the amount of cumin might freak people out a bit – I love cumin and this was really heavily cumin – I toasted the seeds and crushed them in the mortar. And it was really strong. However, since it was fresh spices that were delivering the flavor, because this is nearly 4 years old, I would think that some of the spices would have lost their impact by now. :(
I’m sorry that the flavor didn’t work out for you.
They can’t all be winners! We’ll see what cup #2 is like, which will happen soon because coconut. Reading other reviews, I’m fairly certain age has had a big impact on the spices here. I wish I could remember exactly what I thought of it when I first tried it! (I do have a large stash of unposted tasting notes that I jotted down at work, and I’m hoping that I wrote about some teas I otherwise have nothing for!)
Interesting. This is a coconut tea I could get behind.
This one is nearly 4 years old – I remember it was sometime in the fall/winter of our first year. :)
And yeah, shaking it probably would have delivered more cumin flavor as the toasted cumin seeds would be responsible for delivering the cumin flavor. I remember this tea pretty vividly because I was a little worried that the amount of cumin might freak people out a bit – I love cumin and this was really heavily cumin – I toasted the seeds and crushed them in the mortar. And it was really strong. However, since it was fresh spices that were delivering the flavor, because this is nearly 4 years old, I would think that some of the spices would have lost their impact by now. :(
I’m sorry that the flavor didn’t work out for you.
They can’t all be winners! We’ll see what cup #2 is like, which will happen soon because coconut. Reading other reviews, I’m fairly certain age has had a big impact on the spices here. I wish I could remember exactly what I thought of it when I first tried it! (I do have a large stash of unposted tasting notes that I jotted down at work, and I’m hoping that I wrote about some teas I otherwise have nothing for!)
Interesting. This is a coconut tea I could get behind.