And this is the last of the backlog! Man, that feels really good to say.
So I picked some of this up today at DT to play with, and I decided to make it this afternoon to drink with Tyrell over. I just had to try one of the carnival blends immediately, and this seemed like the better option in the moment. I think it was the one I was just most curious about overall.
Smell wise this is divinely sweet and gooey smelling; pretty much just like cotton candy. If this was a perfume, I’d wear the shit out of the smell. As it steeped up, the liquor was very cloudy but surprisingly it wasn’t gooey or oily like I expected it to be from the sprinkles.
Taste wise I kinda feel a touch “meh” about it. I liked the mostly green rooibos base; and there was a super light fruitiness to it that I suppose could be mango. I actually enjoyed that it wasn’t distinctly mango, though. That’s one thing that I was concerned about. As for the cotton candy part? Some sips nailed it; it was sugary and sweet and had that sort of “fairy floss” airiness to it. Other sips were too strong on the base or just not sweet enough in general.
I’m definitely going to try this cold brewed, and I want to do it hot with milk too! It’ll be fun to play with but overall I just think I wanted it to be even sweeter and regardless of that I think this is definitely something that I might enjoy playing with a few times but will have no need to possibly restock.
I think it captures what it’s supposed to be (basically sweet gooey sugar goodness) well though. Gotta give it props for that.
I had the same problem with the taste of this one being inconsistent. Some sips were cotton candy and some were just somewhat sweet rooibos water. :(
I cannot determine if this makes me want to try it more or less, now!
All the same, thanks for your thoughts!
I need this ASAP. 1) because cotton candy is godly. and 2) green rooibos > red rooibos and there just aren’t enough green rooibos blends out there. Yep, 250g of this and 250g of root beer float are needed. Better make a note to ask the family for a DAVIDs gift card for my upcoming birthday.
You will get the giant tins!