I’m not going to lie, this tea was the catalyst for my Compass teas order.
I mean – DONUTS! Probably one of my favorite desserts! In TEA!!!
The smell of this dry is exactly what those cinnamon sugar apple cinnamon donuts smell like. I think you get them from Krispy Kreme? Anyway, even the boyfriend admitted it smelled amazing – though he followed that up with his trademark “but I wouldn’t want to drink it.” Flavored blends just aren’t his thing.
Sadly though I think I steeped this too long. I went by my standard black tea steeping time but plain this is SO astringent, even a touch medicinal. This needs milk and possibly sugar…and even with it that medicinal note is peeking through – maybe that’s the apple-y note gone bad?
Anyway. So next time I’ll try a shorter steep and hope that helps things…
