I hope everyone had a safe but festive Halloween yesterday! I tried this one last night with the first steep being the night before last. THANK YOU to AJRimmer for sharing a favorite! (I also had the scrumptious Angry Tea Room’s – Candy Caramel Apple tea yesterday, based on AJRimmer’s suggestion when I reached out for spooky suggestions, and it steeped up perfectly. Sadly, it isn’t available at Angry anymore… along with so many of my other favorites… I wonder if they can be sourced elsewhere. I also had Butiki’s Pumpkin Creme Brulee.)
I’ve always been a bit puzzled by the name here – what makes it Monster Mash? Some variations seem to have sprinkles. This one does not – only large sugar crystals which I’m hoping at least aren’t some sort of stevia crystals. I’m one who doesn’t drink diet soda. Just full sugar soda. If I’m gonna drink soda, I’m gonna go full sugar (though sips – and in moderation, I guess I could also be called “soda-sipper”). The flavor here is very sweet on the first steep! The description mentions pumpkin butter but I’m thinking more along the lines of a very sweet rooibos chai with a hint of pumpkin. The second steep – I think all the sugar went into the first steep so now it’s mostly spice. It’s good! I’m glad the apple didn’t take over, like the photo of the tea suggests it might. Grateful to try without buying. :D
Steep #1 // 1 1/2 teaspoons for full mug // 10 minutes after boiling // 2-3 minute steep
Steep #2 // just boiled // 6 minute steep
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Butiki’s Pumpkin Creme Brulee :‘(. I’ve not heard of Angry Tea — I’ll have to check them out!
Nooooo let me know if you find candy caramel apple somewhere else! I always make a Black Friday order with Angry Tea Room, but they don’t have much left that I want ):
courtney – It’s angrytearoom.com!
AJRimmer – I will let you know if I find it again… I definitely haven’t stumbled on this tea from another tea shop yet. It’s one I want to keep around too.
I have found most of the teas from Angry Tea Room are wholesaled from either Adagio or Dethlefsen & Balk. Doing an ingredient check, the one they called “Candy Caramel Apple” is simply Adagio Tea’s “Candy Apple”: https://www.adagio.com/flavors/candy_apple.html
Listed ingredients from Angry Tea Room’s Steepster entry: “black tea, apple pieces, natural caramel apple flavor and cinnamon bark”
You will see that matches the Adagio entry perfectly.
haha, I was hoping you’d see this Mastress Alita! And I had a feeling it was an Adagio blend since some of Angry’s others matched. I guess I have to search for some of Angry’s other favorites on Adagio. Thank you for finding that!
Oh yay! Mastress Alita is Steepster’s #1 detective. Thank you (:
Butiki’s Pumpkin Creme Brulee :‘(. I’ve not heard of Angry Tea — I’ll have to check them out!
Nooooo let me know if you find candy caramel apple somewhere else! I always make a Black Friday order with Angry Tea Room, but they don’t have much left that I want ):
courtney – It’s angrytearoom.com!
AJRimmer – I will let you know if I find it again… I definitely haven’t stumbled on this tea from another tea shop yet. It’s one I want to keep around too.
I have found most of the teas from Angry Tea Room are wholesaled from either Adagio or Dethlefsen & Balk. Doing an ingredient check, the one they called “Candy Caramel Apple” is simply Adagio Tea’s “Candy Apple”: https://www.adagio.com/flavors/candy_apple.html
Listed ingredients from Angry Tea Room’s Steepster entry: “black tea, apple pieces, natural caramel apple flavor and cinnamon bark”
You will see that matches the Adagio entry perfectly.
haha, I was hoping you’d see this Mastress Alita! And I had a feeling it was an Adagio blend since some of Angry’s others matched. I guess I have to search for some of Angry’s other favorites on Adagio. Thank you for finding that!
Oh yay! Mastress Alita is Steepster’s #1 detective. Thank you (: