Creme Brûlée

This is one of the blends I ended up keeping when I had the #svttb last week. Prior to having the box, I had never tried anything from The NecessiTeas before and I was definitely in for a treat with this blend. With any Creme Brulee blend, I expect three things: rich burnt sugar/ caramel-like flavor, strong cream and vanilla elements, and of course the flavoring to balance well with the tea. This blend delivered tens across the board, the only negative thing I have to say about it is that it contains a bit of sugar which most people don’t mind I just tend not to purchase presweetened blends, this one would be an exception to that rule.

Thanks to amandastory516 for this sample! I wouldn’t be able to tell it’s creme brulee specifically since it’s missing that slightly burnt element, but it’s enjoyable. It definitely tastes sweet and desserty, and milk complements it well.

Another sample that was kindly sent by AmandaStory
I had meant to drink this one yesterday but didn’t end up getting around to it. Creme Brulee is not something that I’ve tried before but I do sort of know what it’s supposed to taste like. This one is pretty yummy and does taste like burnt sugar with a little custard. I think the oolong base works really well here and you can definitely taste it. It’s milky and a tad floral. As it cools the oolong flavor comes out more and more. I would definitely consider buying some of this one.

Sample from AmandaStory! Thanks!

I keep going back and forth between thinking this tastes creme brulee like and not. I feel like it’s a hard flavor to transfer over to a tea. It starts out with a deeper burnt sugar flavor, a hint of sweetness and malt, then it goes a little flat. It gets interesting again in the finish, but only just. Malt is just barely back and an almost rooibos taste. I wonder if this would do better cold steeped. Hot isn’t doing it for me.

Last April, my 2 year old cat passed away very unexpectedly. She had congenital kidney disease that was undetected and deteriorated her kidneys extremely quickly. This was pretty heartbreaking and awful, and was just the cherry on top of the crap sundae that was 2020.
Over the last couple weeks, I’ve been fostering a perfectly healthy 8 week old kitten (Archie), and a 12 week old kitten (Melvin) that has an assortment of health problems that the vets have been trying to get to the cause of. Yesterday, they discovered that Melvin has degenerative congenital kidney disease, much like Remi had. The vet has given him 6-12 months to live. I was, of course, pretty devastated to find this out. I was supposed to have Melvin for 5 days, and then he was going to be posted for adoption. With this news, we can’t adopt him out. So, I had to decide whether or not I would foster him until the end of his life, or pass him off for someone else to do so. All the while, my partner and I had been considering adopting Archie, who we bonded with pretty deeply (even though I said I would never adopt more than 3 cats in my 2 bedroom apartment). We made the decision to keep them both. The thought of losing another cat in the same way we lost Remi is pretty unimaginable, but I know we’ll give him the best possible life. He and Archie also love each other and have become the best of friends.

On top of all that…I was rejected from an internal job I applied for because I was overqualified. Boo 2021. Boo to you.

Anyway- as for this tea. It’s more of a brown sugar/custard flavor, rather than the caramelized flavor of a creme brûlée that I was hoping for.