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“Good but not great. Kind of cheesecakey in fragrance, but sort of generally dessert-like in flavour. [internal score: 65ish.] creamer: none sweetener: sugar” Read full tasting note
“(52teas (Anne) 2022: 157) F is for… Fig Cheesecake! I didn’t really get much from this cup – no sticky-sweet fig, just a nice cup of black tea.” Read full tasting note
“Sipdown (812)! Had this cup tonight and I’m finding myself a little bit perplexed by it. I liked the overall flavour, but it didn’t really remind me very much of fig or cheesecake. So that begs the...” Read full tasting note
“A pleasant smooth black tea with lingering sweet fig finish. Not much of complexity and I did not taste a prominent cheesecake component. This is the tea that comforts but does not distract you...” Read full tasting note
Tea of the Week for August 19, 2019!
For our 12 Teas of Christmas box, we included our first fig tea – well, the first fig tea that I’ve blended, anyway. That tea was our Sticky Fig Oolong Tea and at that time, I promised it wouldn’t be the last fig tea I’d make. I didn’t want to put off keeping my promise, so I decided to create a Fig Cheesecake Black Tea this month.
This tea starts with a blend of organic Assam teas: rich, bold & malty! This blend is a different Assam than the usual Assam tea that I use in our go-to black tea blend of Assam, Ceylon & Yunnan – that Assam is a single estate, while this is a blend from several estates in Assam specially crafted to provide a very malty taste. When I first sampled it, I tasted distinct notes of fig so I decided that this Assam blend would be the perfect base for something fig.
I’ve been toying with the idea of a Fig Cheesecake for some time so I decided to use this base for a delightful Fig Cheesecake blend. I blended the Assam with chunks of dried fig & tangy cheesecake essence. The result is blowing my mind! It’s so rich & creamy! Fig forward – but also cheesecake forward. With this blend, I believe I have achieved balance between the two flavors.
Of course, it is VEGAN, gluten-free, allergen free & organic!
organic ingredients: black teas, figs, calendula petals & natural flavors
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Sipdown (812)!
Had this cup tonight and I’m finding myself a little bit perplexed by it. I liked the overall flavour, but it didn’t really remind me very much of fig or cheesecake. So that begs the question, what did it taste like!? Well, there was a cream flavour but not in the way that cheesecake should be. It was also pretty malty, and there was an undertone that I can only describe as pleasantly waxy…
Definitely something I’d have to revisit again to really put my finger on, but given that I likely wont have the chance I think I just need to accept this cup as a weird but decent cuppa. Thanks for the share Kittenna!
A pleasant smooth black tea with lingering sweet fig finish. Not much of complexity and I did not taste a prominent cheesecake component. This is the tea that comforts but does not distract you from what you are doing : a good choice for a late-night cup while browsing the Internet or reading.
Personally, I prefer more complex and luxurious desert teas, though.
Flavors: Fig, Malt, Sweet
Tea of the Week for August 19: I cold-brewed this one overnight, and it is also really good. Usually, I am able to say right away which way a tea tastes better: hot-brewed & served hot or cold-brewed and served chilled. (Or even hot-brewed and served chilled.) I’m not able to do that with this tea because all three work really well, perhaps equally as well. They do taste a little different, of course, but they are all really good.
When it’s served hot, I get equal portions of the fig and the cheesecake and a tasty Assam background. What I really like about this particular Assam is that it is very smooth. When it’s hot-brewed, I don’t get astringency. Mind you, I’ve not oversteeped it, but what allows me to say that is that I thought I oversteeped it the first time I tried it (as an unflavored base) and it wasn’t bitter or even astringent. It didn’t feel dry on the palate at all. It just had a very rich, malty flavor. I was very impressed by it. This is why I recommend a 3 minute steep time (as opposed to my usual 2 1/2 minute recommendation) for this particular Assam tea, because it can withstand it without imparting a bitter bite or a hint of astringency.
When served hot, the fig and cheesecake have a very balanced taste to it. When served cold (after hot-brewing), I notice a bit more cheesecake than fig, but still both are prominent.
As I sip it now after cold-brewing it overnight, I find myself mentally comparing it to a milk bubble tea, but with fig rather than the usual taro I tend to favor from my local bubble tea place. The cheesecake flavor lends that sort of creaminess that I would taste from the milk bubble tea, but it’s a bit more tangy than the milk bubble tea. And I think that’s a good thing because I like that contrast. Granted, this isn’t a bubble tea (so please don’t interpret my comment that way), I just found my mind recalling my favorite bubble tea drink as I sip this – meaning that there is something about this that evokes those memories.
The base seems perfect for this combination of flavors. I really am pleased with this one.
