I’m currently sipping my second steep of this blend. The first steep had a bit too much spice for me. There’s just enough black pepper to tickle the back of your throat and make you question the list of ingredients. There aren’t many ingredients, but the blend manages to taste quite complex without thirty ingredients and additives (I’m looking at you DT). I’ll admit that I couldn’t really get through the first cuppa hot. Pineapple and spice are really iffy ingredients for me, but the combination sounded so intriguing. I ended up adding a few ice cubes to the rest of my first cuppa and that was much more pleasant. The black pepper was still present but was more tolerable and the sweetness of the dried pineapple seemed a bit more apparent.
The second steep is better because the spice has been tamed a bit but the pineapple flavor has also significantly diminished.I don’t think I like it enough to go for a third steep.
Again, lovely black tea base that’s very smooth and easy to drink.
I think I’ll cold-steep the rest of my sample packet.
