Another sample from Krystaleyn, thank you!
We really, really, really, really wanted to try this tea. I thought it was going to be a lot like MarketSpice, only tarted up a bit.
So let’s get to the important part. IT LOOKS LIKE AN AWESOME SWIRLING GALAXY IN MY TUMBLER. CALL CARL SAGAN!
What’s interesting is that the glitter… it’s like some sort of anti glitter. Shine a light on it, and it sort of fades into the tea (just making it look like your tea is dirty). But, without direct light on it, it totally sparkles. It’s awesome.
The scent just makes me think of a Christmas candle. It has this sweet clove candy smell that is just fantastic.
The flavor is… well, exactly how it smells. It’s a very clove, candy, vanilla taste to it. Sweet, but with an almost artificial flavor to it… like… Christmas lip gloss. It doesn’t really ruin the tea, it’s just a worthwhile point to mention.
I am a little saddened that I’m missing both the orange and the cinnamon in this blend. The cinnamon starts peeking through a little bit as it cools, and the glitter begins forming this patina over the bottom of my cup. So every time I take a drink, it forms this like… gold line.
This isn’t so much a tea as it is an experience. The flavors lend themselves to Christmas very well, and the presentation does too. I’m totally going to have a gallon of this unloaded on the pile of unsuspecting guests at my house this year. It will be awesome.
That’s awesome. :) The whole wedding theme and favours etc.
So, 50g = 20 cups of tea? Roughly? I should make note of that in my spreadsheet. I have a rough idea of how many oz I have and am trying to estimate how many DAYS it would take me to drink it all.
Y’know… just to slow me down on buying more.
Those are the general guidelines I go buy, 50 g = 20 cups. Obviously the bigger/heavier/fluffier the tea will change that. I just parcelled out a loose black tea with almond slivers in it (so a bit bulky), 50g gave me 21.5 tsp.
Ha ha I know what you mean. Doesn’t seem like 20 cups of tea when it is in that little brown bag/foil packet.