Other than the orange element, there is no way I could not tell this is supposed to be like gingerbread. Which is odd because I don’t normally pair orange with gingerbread. But Orange and Ginger is a really good combination. The after taste is wild how much this gives gingerbread vibes. There’s a faint sweetness, but not too much.
As it cools, the flavor becomes significantly more orange and clove with a bit of ginger. Not a fan of the combination of orange and clove.
Second steep, sweet orange and ginger when hot, orange clove when cold.
The feeling of gingerbread has died out as well. I think because the ginger is fading and the orange and clove are standing out more. I could do with more of a hint of orange than the strong orange I am getting. And the clove could go jump off a cliff.
I got excited right after the first steep, but the feeling I got then changes so much as this goes, and its moving into a direction I don’t enjoy.
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You might try their Gingerbread Festival, it’s very similar but no orange!
Interestingly orange and gingerbread is a seemingly more normal combination in parts of Europe. One of the suppliers we work with sends up German and Danish gingerbread/cookies from Europe every year and the gingerbread almost always has orange in it and is just much fruitier overall.
I’ll have to look into Gingerbread Festival.
My issue with the orange is the combination with clove. Its just a combination that doesn’t sit well with me. As a kid during the winter my mom would put a pot of water on the stone with a cinnamon sticks, a small handful of cloves, and a manky old orange due for the garbage. She did this to add moisture to the dry air and add a nice scent. And at the end of the day, I was usually the one who had to clean out that pot.
So now clove and orange makes me think of manky, stinky, mushy old oranges. :)
It is common here to add orange to the tin or box with gingerbread to soften the cookies. Dunno how it works, but it does.
I love Gingerbread Festival, but I haven’t tried Williamsburg Ginger Cake. I dislike clove except in tiny amounts, so I probably would not like this as well.
You might try their Gingerbread Festival, it’s very similar but no orange!
Interestingly orange and gingerbread is a seemingly more normal combination in parts of Europe. One of the suppliers we work with sends up German and Danish gingerbread/cookies from Europe every year and the gingerbread almost always has orange in it and is just much fruitier overall.
I’ll have to look into Gingerbread Festival.
My issue with the orange is the combination with clove. Its just a combination that doesn’t sit well with me. As a kid during the winter my mom would put a pot of water on the stone with a cinnamon sticks, a small handful of cloves, and a manky old orange due for the garbage. She did this to add moisture to the dry air and add a nice scent. And at the end of the day, I was usually the one who had to clean out that pot.
So now clove and orange makes me think of manky, stinky, mushy old oranges. :)
It is common here to add orange to the tin or box with gingerbread to soften the cookies. Dunno how it works, but it does.
I love Gingerbread Festival, but I haven’t tried Williamsburg Ginger Cake. I dislike clove except in tiny amounts, so I probably would not like this as well.