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“Already finished off the pouch. It was so lovely- bright, fresh raspberry and lemon. Both flavors are really distinct and work well together. A touch of a dessert/pastry quality that ties both...” Read full tasting note
“The 8th Tea of Christmas . . . (And YES I’m very well aware of how behind I am on these! LOL) I’ve had several pots of this particular tea by now & every time I taste it, I’m surprised at how...” Read full tasting note
“52Teas 12 Teas of Christmas: Day 8 Love this flavor profile! This is a super fresh, tart, and crisp blend that’ll get ya going. I don’t really get any cookie elements, but that’s OK!” Read full tasting note
“This is technically the next day in most time zones, but wishing everyone a merry Christmas/hope you had a merry Christmas! We did Christmas with my partner’s family and then Hanukkah at home. It’s...” Read full tasting note
The 8th Tea of Christmas!
My youngest has taken a keen interest in baking & all kinds of wonderful has been coming out of our kitchen as a result. They’ve managed to perfect a chocolate chip cookie recipe as well as a brown butter sugar cookie that will knock your socks off just as it has mine.
So, I’ve been browsing the web looking for exciting cookie ideas to suggest for her white elephant gift this year (Last year, her white elephant gift for the fam was the biggest hit of all the gifts!) & I came across a recipe for a Raspberry Lemon Linzer cookie recipe that looked like a perfect idea – not just for her cookie baking but also for this year’s holiday box! BONUS!
And of course – I just had to craft a tea inspired by that recipe as well! This tea starts with a black tea base of Assam, Yunnan & Vietnamese teas. It’s nicely round and provides a perfect base of richness & bold flavor for this tea. To that, I added some lemons & raspberries as well as vanilla bean. Finally, I added some essence & magical cotton candy (which dissolves over the leaves to impart a slight sweetness to the overall cup).
This tea is vegan, gluten-free, allergen-friendly & all natural . . . not to mention, absolutely delicious!
organic ingredients: black teas, raspberries, lemons, vanilla beans, cotton candy (cane sugar & natural flavors) & natural flavors
to brew: shake the pouch gently before measuring to ensure that the ingredients are all well incorporated. Use 3g of tea to 12oz of nearly boiling (205°F), steep for 3 minutes & strain. Enjoy!
serving suggestion: I prefer this one served hot – maybe it’s just that time of year. However, I think this would also be stunning as a cold-brewed drink. The bright flavors of lemon & raspberry really shine in this cup & I imagine it would make for a really refreshing beverage served cold – just as it is served hot.
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The 8th Tea of Christmas . . . (And YES I’m very well aware of how behind I am on these! LOL)
I’ve had several pots of this particular tea by now & every time I taste it, I’m surprised at how much I love it. Mostly because – while I adore lemon teas, I’m not always such a huge raspberry fan. I don’t hate them, but if I were to create a top 10 list of my favorite fruits, I don’t think raspberries would be anywhere on that list, even in an honorable mention category.
But here, the combination of raspberry & lemon works so well. The “Linzer” part of the blend is more or less a nod to my inspiration behind this tea. I wasn’t actually trying to create a “cookie” tea, mostly because so many of my teas in this year’s box are baked good flavored – gingerbread coffeecake, spiced snowflake cookie, tangerine cupcake & the one that was just announced for today, Christmas eve: candy cane marshmallow treat genmaicha. So I mostly just used the idea of a Linzer cookie as an inspiration & rather than trying to nail the flavor of a linzer cookie, I just added some vanilla bean & even a little bit of cotton candy which when added to the tea while it “cures” becomes crystalized & crumbles into little tiny sugary bits.
Anyway, I love the way it all turned out. It’s sweet, it’s bright & pleasantly tart & fruity. A tasty cuppa!
Wow, I’m surprised you don’t love raspberries, because you do raspberry teas so well! :D
@Kelmishka – thank you! I don’t hate raspberries, but I don’t love them either. They are definitely not my go-to fruit for teas (that would be bananas, lol – at least for teas. I like bananas OK as a stand-alone fruit but love, LOVE, love banana teas.) I think I probably enjoy raspberry teas more than I enjoy the actual fruit, because I dislike the whole raspberry seeds getting caught in my teeth thing. I will eat them if they’re part of a dish/dessert (like pavlova, which is my favorite dessert, and my daughter will often include raspberries as part of it.) I will not go out of my way to get something that is raspberry, if that makes sense.
I now feel very validated about not tasting a pastry note :-D
This is technically the next day in most time zones, but wishing everyone a merry Christmas/hope you had a merry Christmas!
We did Christmas with my partner’s family and then Hanukkah at home. It’s been a long day and I’m just now getting around to tasting notes. I knew Christmas was going to be a big and heavy meal, so I chose this blend from this year’s 52teas advent calendar as my take-along tea. I hoped that the tart fruity flavors and the slight briskness of the base tea would cut the heavy meal a bit, and they did! mission accomplished.
