Toffee Apple

I don’t taste any toffee here. There’s a pleasantly tart fruit flavor like strawberry or raspberry. I do enjoy the fruit flavor, but if it had had an actual toffee apple flavor, that would have been pretty great. It feels like this must have been mislabeled/misnamed, because it’s a pretty tasty berry tea and definitely not toffee apple, but the ingredients seem to match up with the label.

I´m finally getting through my “12 teas of Xmas” I bought last December! I shared with my husband who likes apple-based desserts (I prefer the fruit itself as it is).
A lot of caramel coming through in nose dry, and once steeped the apple comes in and softens everything up, and only in the finish the toffee gets you, so this tea actually works. I´m not a huge fan of sweet brews, but I do understand that this might be a hit over Xmas.
When I saw the tea taking coulour, I knew the hibiscus might be overwhelming the blend, but it actually stays quite subtle – apart from the colour.

#adventageddon Day Sixteen – 4/6

This was nice! I was worried the caramel/toffee wouldn’t come through but that flavouring was actually pretty strong, so the sips were like a sweet and slightly acidified apple note backed by a sweet caramelesque undertone that creeped into a nice, silky and lingering taste in the finish that almost left a sticky residue on the bed of my tongue. Not quite a super rich and high quality “toffee” (in my head a toffee is dense and has a deeper sweetness) since the caramel landed on the palate a little high/sharp and more like the thinner and more butterscotch-y caramel syrup you might have on a sundae. It still works with the blend though overall, but since this is an acidified apple it’s a little tart by the end of the cup and it would feel more balanced either with a deeper caramel note or a less acidified apple/rosehip/hippy combo.

Keep your steep shorter though, and I think you’ll be rewarded with a nice caramel apple!