Sipdown (175/181)!
Thank you Sil for the sample! I was excited to get a chance to try more Lupicia, especially when it’s caramel flavoured!
I was actually going to sipdown the Riston blend you sent to me but I decided this would likely be more pleasant and I thought caramel was a better contrast to the other fruit blends I was making at the time so I changed my mind last minute. The Riston sipdown will have to wait for another time.
I thought this was nice; the most prominent note was rich, burnt caramel and then there was the fainter taste of almost molasses, with the gentlest astringent edge. If the astringency had been any stronger it wouldn’t have worked – but for what it was I found it pleasant enough. If I had more, I’d probably try this with milk because I think that could work really well. The tea itself also had a thicker mouthfeel.
It was a nice tea to add to my day’s line up!
Flavors: Astringent, Caramel, Molasses
Try the Milk Caramel.