Cold Brew Sipdown (212)!
#ProjectTeaWall
Finally, after months of this tea being on back order we got it back in stock which means I can cross it off the list for Project Tea Wall. Not that I’m particularly excited to do so, though. Nothing about this blend really appeals to me – it’s a chamomile heavy herbal with hibiscus and licorice root of all things. The only ingredient that could be redeeming, I fear, is the lemon myrtle. But even that is… not promising.
I chose to cold brew this because I was pretty sure I would dislike it anyway, so I wanted to at least make this tasting memorable/unique. I already understand why this appeals to people as a hot tea/bed time tea but I’d like to be able to offer some other sort of perspective of it.
The taste is much like I thought: predominantly the STRONG taste of gross, floral chamomile with a wickedly sweet licorice root and fennel finish to the sip. However, I definitely though I’d hate it more than I actually am. The lemon is surprisingly strong compared to all these other really dominant flavour notes and it’s counterbalancing them enough that I can handle the overall taste. It’s sweet, and fruity without any acidic qualities, and really what it’s reminding me of is lemon meringue pie filling! If only that was the only flavour here, I think this blend and I would be pretty good friends. That’s not the case though, and that flavour note isn’t enough to completely negate everything else.
However, for a blend I was almost certain that I’d dislike because of the ingredients this holds up pretty well. And, it’s not that I think it’s actually a bad blend overall – all my issues with it purely stem from the fact that the key ingredients/flavours are things that I already know I don’t personally like. Anyone who doesn’t have a strong negative bias towards them like I do would probably be all over this as a night time tea.
Plus, it’s a lot better than the straight chamomile so there’s that.
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