I’m highly regretting not taking the time this morning during my chaotic rush to grab my debit card. It’s nearly 3 PM now and I’ve had NOTHING to eat all day with the exception of a little bit of tea (and while delicious, I don’t think that counts). I still have about 2 hours left today – but I’m STARVING! Boo.
Anyway, this morning was quite chaotic due to my sleeping in, but I knew I had to make tea to bring with me – I just wouldn’t make it through the day otherwise. So, I did this awkward strip down/change in the middle of the kitchen while my water boiled. I ended up portioning tea half naked! Thank God that Tre’s out of town and I have the apartment all to myself – I can’t imagine what his reaction would have been if he’d walked into the kitchen and saw that!
Anyway, I recieved this as an extra sample from BrewTEAlly Sweet in the package of tea and teaware I had purchased from her! This was actually on my shopping list, so that was pretty awesome because I got the chance to sample it without doling out the extra money I had been planning on spending anyway to try it.
I made a single cup of this to pour into my water bottle (I didn’t have time to brew up more than one cup) to drink cold. So, 1 1/2 tsp. of leaf in 8 oz. of water, steeped six minutes. I did steal a few sips while it was hot, and I mostly just tasted the guayusa with a touch of apple – not really a lot of spice notes.
Sipping at it now, it’s cold and I’m getting a lot more varying flavours. The guayusa is still pretty strong, but really good. I also get a very nice mellow apple taste with a gentle juiciness to it and some light cinnamon notes that I’m happy don’t strongly overshadow the other flavours. It took me a while to come up with an accurate and encompassing flavour descriptor, but it finally hit me that this tastes exactly like Wrigley’s Dessert gum (the apple pie kind, of course). The apple taste is bang on between the two and the cinnamon acts in the same way where it’s a background flavour contributor.
So very nummy! I like this maybe a little bit more than Good Morning Sunshine? I’d definitely order it again (though, technically, I’m not the person who place the initial order). Thank you BrewTEAlly Sweet!