Cold Brew!
I’m only just now getting around to trying the teas from December’s gifted Tea Runners subscription box – but this is the one that I definitely wanted to start with! The dry leaf aroma is intensely minty but with a sweet thick creaminess to it as well. It reminds me loosely of a long since retired tea from DAVIDsTEA that I have very, very fond memories of called White Chocolate Frost.
Brewed the flavour isn’t as overtly menthol heavy and intense as the aroma but there is a cooling frostiness about it that does convey that crisp snap of a good peppermint bark. The creaminess is silky and consistent throughout. I don’t find it quite as rich/cloying as actual white chocolate but, in this case, that’s a good thing. I love the hints of the woodier rooibos that still come through.
Overall, it’s a bit different from what I imagined it might be like but still enjoyable and close enough in direction that I definitely don’t feel disappointed by it either!