This is our latest Vanilla and/or Marshmallow black tea (although we do still have just a couple of the French Vanilla Marshmallow Assam teas still in stock) that we blended as a special bonus gift to our subscribers for our 7th anniversary – and also to add to our inventory as our latest Vanilla/Marshmallow black tea.
I had ordered the base tea (Keemun Mao Feng) on a whim, mostly because the tea I wanted was not available & I needed something else to bring me up to my minimum purchase with my supplier. This is not a base I would normally get because it is on the pricey side. (I also generally do not order teas that I’ve not at least sampled, but I do trust this supplier so when my rep told me that they enjoy it so much that they drink it regularly – and they were so confident in it that if I didn’t like it that they would give me a refund. So, I decided I didn’t have much to lose!)
And wow, I fell in love with this tea. Unflavored, this Keemun Mao Feng is bold with notes of smoke, earth & stone fruit. It had a really nice, well-rounded & balance to it & upon tasting it, I knew instantly that I wanted to turn this tea into our next vanilla tea.
And it works beautifully as a vanilla tea. The notes of stone fruit pair so nicely with the vanilla tones. The warmth of the tea – plus vanilla equals true beauty in a teacup.
Anyway, since I am kind of backlogged on the scavenger hunt thing, I’m logging this as a “Vanilla Tea” from the June scavenger hunt. (At this point, I’m so far behind that I think I’m in the lead!)
