Holy smokes this tea has been popular.
It’s been kind of insane the amount of people coming to the store looking specifically for this tea – people who’ve never been to a DT but heard about this from a friend or a coworker who just fell in love with the idea.
… and of course we’ve been having shortages of it country wide. My store is definitely no exception to this; we’ve been sold out for ages now. I’m very happy I snagged my tin of it when I did. I’m just having a very small cup of it now; I was really craving it but since I don’t know 100% that I’ll have a chance to purchase more if it I’m trying to ration what I bought. It’s rare I actually like a Chai, so I don’t plan on running out of this one any time soon.
I think what I enjoy about it the most is the overall creaminess that spreads to all of the other things in the blend. Creamy milk chocolate, creamy hazelnut, creamy cinnamon, and creamy marshmallow. Then of course hints of graham in the undertones, mixed alongside a light, earthy pu’erh base. I think it does capture the flavour of a S’more really well. I’m one of those people who LOVES burnt marshmallows though; so I’ve been trying to think of a way to add that flavour element into the tea without just oversteeping it and ruining the cup. So far, I’m thinking maybe a pinch of Lapsang Souchong mixed in?
Family tradition is also to add kiwi slices to our S’mores – we’ve done it for as long as I can remember. In fact, it was something so ingrained into me that up until like the eighth grade I actually thought that kiwi was one of the ‘mandatory’ ingredients that were included in a S’more. As essential as the marshmallow or chocolate. It was mind blowing finding out otherwise. I don’t know if adding a kiwi element to this tea would ruin the flavour for me or if I’d be pleasantly flooding with a nostalgic sort of flavour but it’s something I’ve also been playing around with the idea of.
The question is just how would I incorporate kiwi?
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