I have a peculiar relationship with this tea because its one of the first teas that I had when I got into tea. I think I’m a bit partial to this tea because I have such fond memories of it even if I never brewed it right when I was starting out. I hope they bring it back sometime, even if this tea wasn’t the most well received.
The dry leaf smells strongly of cinnamon and the sarsaparilla, not necessarily a root beer float smell to me, but its not not a root beer smell. It brewed up nicely but it sure made my steeper smell like it. That aside, I think that with sugar this tea works pretty well. The sarsaparilla comes out a bit more, and the spicy hit of cinnamon accents it well. Sadly the flavors are pretty strong so it’s hard for me to get much of the black tea base, or the vanilla/white chocolate. Overall I enjoyed having this around to make iced, and I’m sad to see it gone.
