Targaryen Spirits

Fandom Blend Sipdown: 2/6

This one is still spicy spry and pungent for its age – the coconut isn’t even that soapy (I don’t remember it ever being not soapy)! I don’t mind the flavour idea either (a caramel almond cream masala chai… yess – although probably too sweet for a dragon). Unfortunately, the tea bases and chocolate are thin and everything else is sort of busy, confusing and weirdly cloying. Out of all the spices, cloves seem to handle age the best, followed by ginger. I don’t get almond from it at all and the cream and caramel flavouring taste artificial. It’s still drinkable but “meh” as far as chai blends go.

Taken with milk.

328/365

Almost there with the Game of Tea fandom sampler – I’m pretty sure there’s just one more left to try after this one. This one’s a blend of Masala Chai, Almond, Tiger Eye, and Coconut. Initially, I thought it tasted a little bitter – there’s quite a lot of spice, which makes it taste pretty dry. It’s not especially fiery, but there is a pleasant background warmth. I can enjoy that in a chai. The almond is also quite prominent, although I think it might be contributing to the bitterness. This isn’t a marzipan-esque almond flavour, but more like one of those odd rare almonds that makes your lips go numb.

I can’t taste any coconut at all, although that’s not much of a surprise given all the other flavours it’s competing with. There’s not really much caramel from the Tiger Eye, either. I found this pretty average, on the whole. It mostly tastes like a regular chai, but with a little extra nuttiness and a whole lot of bitterness. There are definitely better chai blends out there, although I do appreciate this one for the fandom connection. I just wish it was more…well, dragonish!