The Shadow

Homemade Advent Calendar from AJRimmer: Day 13

Just checked out this blend on the Wild Coast website, and daaamn — the packaging art is heart eyes emoji to the max! Bats are some of my favorite animals, and this illustration is delightful.

I only WISH I enjoyed this tea as much as I liked the art! It’s totally a me problem, though: Either the tulsi basil or the ashwagandha is not appealing to me. It’s earthy and dirt-like in a way that doesn’t mesh with my tastebuds.

If you do like those ingredients, you will probably enjoy this tea! It’s a very mild chai, with lots of warm notes from the cinnamon and oats. Super cozy.

I shan’t rate it out of respect for what I can tell is a very intentionally crafted and blended tea that’s just not to my tastes.

This is quite a mild chai. I taste something like light cinnamon and maybe something else. There’s also a warm, pleasant earthiness. It’s nice with sugar and milk. I would have guessed this was an herbal chai, as the black tea doesn’t make much of an appearance. It’s not bad, but I prefer a bolder chai.

Back to Wild Coast Brew! The art on this one, I just can’t even… So gorgeous.

Luckily, I like the tea too! This is a blend of tulsi and black tea with milky oats, cinnamon, and ginger. The tulsi sounds like an odd choice to me, but it actually works because of the spices. It ends up tasting like a light chai with some extra herbaceous and earthy notes, plus the oats adding a comforting creaminess. Something is tasting quite similar to turmeric, not sure if that’s the ashwagandha?

Such an interesting intersection of almost desserty notes with the oats and cinnamon, plus the earthy roots and tulsi. Nicely balanced, and one that I would consider reordering.