Ashmanra’s sipdown challenge – February 2025 Tea #4 – A spiced tea
A new tea, gifted! I have only had a couple blends before with cascara cherries. Mainely Coffee claims that cascara cherries have about as much caffeine as green tea. Here, the cascara cherries are blended with some excellent spices… some of the spices quite big. Huge pieces of cinnamon. A great balance of spices. This is a very tasty cup. Certainly spicy enough, but there is also a sweetness there. I’m not really sure if I can tell if the cascara cherries make a difference in the flavor. It certainly doesn’t taste like coffee (though they haven’t in the past either.) Not really sure the purpose of including coffee cherries, except that Mainely Coffee is very much a coffee company that also has teas. But this is a nice addition to the tea collection, regardless. It’s a great chai! Guzzled too quickly…
Steep #1 // 1 1/2 teaspoons for a full mug // 19 minutes after boiling // 3 minute steep
Steep #2 // 2 minutes after boiling // 8 minute steep
I had never heard of cascara cherry and had to look it up!