Adagio Custom Blends, Unknown

The last of my Adagio teas, and today’s work cold brew. I used 4 bags in 2 litres of water, as per my usual method. To taste, it’s not particularly pumpkiny. I get little flashes of squash here and there, but nothing that really makes me think “pumpkin!” The spicing is more of a feature – this blend is very heavy on the cinnamon, with maybe a touch of ginger adding a little warmth. The honeybush base is fairly prominent, and although it’s sweet and unobjectionable, I was really hoping for more pumpkin to balance out the base/spice combination which is basically the whole flavour. It’s not my favourite of the Adagio Fairy Tale blends, but it’s by no means bad. Just a little…lacklustre.

I don’t feel like this was very pumpkiny. I mostly taste honeybush, some spice, with hints of fruit wisping around sometimes. Not my favorite of the bunch.

I had this iced and of all the ingredients in the blend, all I got was a lot of apple (which certainly makes sense for Snow White) and a hint of hibby tartness (which I like to think of as the poison :P). It was actually quite nice. I don’t know if this is one I would buy in quantity but I wouldn’t turn down a cup. Thank you for sharing Scheherazade. 147.

I had high hopes for this one but I am just not loving it. Mostly I get the honeybush and the cinnamon. Every now and then notes of pumpkin show up for just a second but for some reason this just isn’t working. Nonetheless, thank you Scheherazade for sharing as this is one I was really interested in and would have bought in larger quantities if I hadn’t sampled it first. 155.

Today’s cold brew. This one’s reminding me of one of the other Adagio blends…maybe Tea Rex? Something with cherry, anyway. It’s nice enough, but I’m not sure how it’s supposed to relate to Snow White. I’m getting mostly cherry, and a hint of coconut, plus something slightly milk chocolatey in the aftertaste. I think I read apple in the ingredient list, which makes sense, but I can’t actually taste it. Maybe this is one that would be better hot?

As a cold brew, it’s an enjoyable cup. The flavours work well together, and it’s tasty and flavourful without being excessively sweet or artificial. I don’t feel that it’s particularly unique, and I’m sure it’s very similar to one of the other Adagio blends I’ve tried recently, but…small complaints, really. It’s a hot day, it tastes nice, it’s refreshing. Really, that’ll do.

Vintage. Tucked what was left in the storage-tub-o’-tins that survived the Great Unpleasantness, so I have a seasonal bit left to enjoy. This is one flavor permuation ago, so it truly is more pumpkin-y than chai-y. That and the fact that I truly don’t know how old it is. Still mild and nice with a little half and half.

Proof that old teas never die, they just … grow a little less steep?

Still able to scrape teaspoons from what seems to be a bottomless, magically replenishing tin…ever had one like that? Anyway, just to mix it up a little, I dropped in a couple droplets of caramel latte sweetener. Not bad!

(Addendum: I am blessed with co-workers who love to cook and share; there are fresh cinnamon rolls in the breakroom. Suddenly this tea tastes a WHOLE lot better!)

Just enough left to enjoy between now and Thanksgiving. A good fall tea, but at this point (returning from travel), I’m just thrilled to be drinking ANY tea that doesn’t taste like burnt hotel coffeepot and chlorine!

Still a little left in the tin … out of 1/2 and 1/2, so I experimented with a little condensed milk … mighty nice!

I think this has been discontinued and replaced by Pumpkin Spice … tin is running low, but this just seems like the week to finish it.

Decently taste mostly like cloves.

… drinking a mix of Adagio’s pumpkin spice, gingerbread, and caramel teas. This one is very sweet!

Single tsp tea, double cup, 2 Truvia

Single tsp tea, double cup, 2 Truvia

Double cup water, single tsp tea, 4 minute brew, 2 Truvia.

Double cup water, single tsp tea, 4 minute brew, 4 raw sugar

Doubling the water and brewing a shorter time makes this tea a bit more palatable to me. Not as strong, with not so much of an aftertaste.