Key Lime Pie

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This one was from an old subscription box. From looking at past notes, my guess was April of 2019, but who knows?

I quite like it! I honestly wasn’t expecting much from this tisane, as I don’t think I’ve ever had a lime tea that I really enjoyed. But the lime flavor has such a nice amount of tartness to it – enough to make it taste somewhat authentic but not enough to make it sour. There’s also a pleasant creamy element, just like a lime pie.

I don’t really get crusty notes from the rooibos, but the lime and cream definitely taste similar to key lime pie filling, and that’s enough for me! The rooibos is also fairly restrained, which is nice since it lets the yummy flavors shine.

Will consider ordering this one, just because it’s quite different from my other favorite tisanes… :)

ETA – This isn’t on the website anymore, so I guess it was a limited time blend. Phooey.

Thanks again for the sample swap, AJ Rimmer! This was the tea that basically started the swap. I really wanted to try it. ALSO, in amazing Bird & Blend news, they have new book blends and one of them is PAN GALACTIC GARGLE BLASTER. Now if only the blend sounded appealing… but it’s mint and and black currant which is just weird. It looks like it has new gold sprinkles though! On to this tea… I love lemon meringue pie but not sure if I’ve had key lime pie? I had some lemon pie ice cream to go with this tea. (Turkey Hill… it’s pretty good!) Honestly, this one tastes like Della Terra’s Chiffon blends to me. Which is great, I love those. But there is possibly more of a lemon peel sort of flavor here that is only noticeable because that seems to be the only difference from the Della Terra Chiffon. Thankfully the rosehips don’t make an appearance in this blend, unless it was that my teaspoon didn’t have rosehips. But it was also missing that biscuity flavor I wanted to find. Both steeps tasted identical. I do like the citrus element with the slight cream. I’m very glad I was able to try it!
Steep #1 // 1 teaspoon for a full mug // 13 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 // just boiled // 3 minute steep

This is the freshest smelling lime tea I’ve ever bought. It smells just like lime zest and a little bit of crust as well. It definitely needed some sugar to bring out the flavors. I think this is the first lime tea that I’ve really enjoyed. The rooibos in there probably helps balance out the lime bitterness because this all combines into a tasty lime dessert that lingers in your mouth. I would have liked to see a bit more “pie” in there, but as a lime tea, it’s good.

Sipdown; grandpa strained after few minutes (5+).

Evening here again. More over cold one – just about 15 °C ! Autumn comes quickly apparently. Not a day for shorts and tee, as I was wearing this today. In buildings it is okay, but outside it is chilly.

I used about 4,3 grams (weighed it) of mix, and as I said, prepared grandpa. It is because I could not find any strainer and even more, the mesh is usually not so fine so rooibos came through.

Tea is what I needed! And this one (thanks gonzobot for choosing; it is really a bot ;) ) was great idea. It is nicely refreshing, though it could be more “pie” like. It is not much biscuity. But certainly I notice lime and some kind of creaminess.

Overall good evening tea. Keeping the rating.