So if you get Deb’s newsletter then you probably saw that her upcoming Winter/Holiday collection is cookie themed and while I was initially really excited when I looked at the list of blend names I wasn’t super enthused about most of them – though a couple piqued my curiosity, so we shall see…
It did prompt me to go and dig out this untried blend from my group order with VariaTea and Sil earlier this year, though!
I know VariaTea liked this one as an iced latte because it reminds her of mint chip ice cream, so I will definitely have to keep that in mind for the rest of the sample. This time around I just tried it hot and plain, and I wasn’t feeling it. It’s not particularly cookie like, but that wasn’t what lost me. I just really didn’t love the combination of a a more refreshing and menthol spearmint with the chocolate. Plus, it was a lot of spearmint. I enjoy spearmint teas, but when I think “mint chip” my mind definitely goes more towards creamy peppermint with chocolate than crisp spearmint.
It was just a bit of a disconnect for me.
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Oh no! I’m sorry to hear you didn’t enjoy this one. I actually really liked it – though I felt like it needed more chocolate chips to balance out the strong minty notes. But I could see myself re-ordering this one in the future.
I just saw the flyer! :) The ones I see myself ordering are the earl grey sugar cookie, earl’s sugar cookie, and cookie butter! Which ones piqued your interest?
I think the strong spearmint is needed to cut through the milk when made as an iced latte so it balances that out a bit. Plus I guess spearmint is more “cool” which helps sell the ice cream
@VariaTEA, I read your last review and you said you tried most of these teas as an iced latte. Do you feel like that amplified the flavour of the teas? Also, how do you prepare your iced lattes? Did you add any sweetners? What type of milk did you use (dairy, non-dairy) Thank you! :)
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@Silent Kettle – its hard to say if it amplified the flavor or not since most I ONLY had as an iced latte. And I prepare them by steeping double the amount of tea (i.e. if a 16 oz cup usually calls for 2 perfect spoons which is 3 regular teaspoons, I use 4 perfect spoons) in about 4 oz of water per steeping recommendations. That makes a tea concentrate which I pour into a 16 oz glass filled 2/3 of the way with ice. I then top up the glass with 1 or 2% milk until full. Sometimes I add syrups, whipped cream, sprinkles, etc. but I don’t actually add sweeteners to the tea itself. That’s because I don’t add sweeteners to any of my teas usually.
@VariaTEA thank you so much! <3 I will try some of Deb’s teas iced next time! :)
Oh no! I’m sorry to hear you didn’t enjoy this one. I actually really liked it – though I felt like it needed more chocolate chips to balance out the strong minty notes. But I could see myself re-ordering this one in the future.
I just saw the flyer! :) The ones I see myself ordering are the earl grey sugar cookie, earl’s sugar cookie, and cookie butter! Which ones piqued your interest?
I think the strong spearmint is needed to cut through the milk when made as an iced latte so it balances that out a bit. Plus I guess spearmint is more “cool” which helps sell the ice cream
@VariaTEA, I read your last review and you said you tried most of these teas as an iced latte. Do you feel like that amplified the flavour of the teas? Also, how do you prepare your iced lattes? Did you add any sweetners? What type of milk did you use (dairy, non-dairy) Thank you! :)
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@Silent Kettle – its hard to say if it amplified the flavor or not since most I ONLY had as an iced latte. And I prepare them by steeping double the amount of tea (i.e. if a 16 oz cup usually calls for 2 perfect spoons which is 3 regular teaspoons, I use 4 perfect spoons) in about 4 oz of water per steeping recommendations. That makes a tea concentrate which I pour into a 16 oz glass filled 2/3 of the way with ice. I then top up the glass with 1 or 2% milk until full. Sometimes I add syrups, whipped cream, sprinkles, etc. but I don’t actually add sweeteners to the tea itself. That’s because I don’t add sweeteners to any of my teas usually.
@VariaTEA thank you so much! <3 I will try some of Deb’s teas iced next time! :)