I like the aroma of this dry leaf… it smells like creamsicle to me, orange and vanilla. Brewed up (full packet to 350ml, and honestly, chunky herbals like this I usually brew even stronger than what was available in this packet, but I didn’t want a tiny cup), the liquor is pinkish-orange and smells more strongly orange, and a little fruit punchy. The flavor… is indeed a bit weaker than I prefer these sorts of herbals (but then, I could tell that from looking at the dry leaf…) but is a pleasant enough taste. It does have a mostly creamsicle sort of taste to me, in that I’m getting a very orange forward flavor, but it’s a sweet orange… I remember there was a “candied orange” tea earlier in the advent that didn’t taste “candied” to me at all, because it was a strong, biting citrusy orange, but this is actually what I imagine a “candied orange” flavor would taste like… it’s a creamy, sweet orange. The base has a bit of a fruitiness to it, but the rosehips aren’t giving the sort of tart punchiness that hibi might… far more mellow. I’m not tasting any of the spices that are supposedly in the blend (huh…) Other than the citrus of the orange having a bit of a natural tanginess to it, this is actually a very sweet cup. I like it… but nothing about it tastes like “honey” or almonds to me! (And honestly, I’m so tired of nutty profiles from Plum Deluxe that I’m thankful I’m just getting candied orange/creamsicle instead…)
Flavors: Cream, Fruit Punch, Fruity, Orange, Sweet, Vanilla
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I made this in my smallest cup and it still tastes like slightly flavored water, ha ha…
Seems the ingredient distribution ended up a bit different in our ant-sized portions, too. Dustin got a star anise but I didn’t. If you are going to serve a chonky herbal, you gotta chonk it up properly!
What was it in Willy Wonka where everyone tasted something different when eating the same candy? I think this tea is like that! It was a nearly complete star too. It may have been missing two wings or whatever they are. It was huge for how small the sample is.
Hahaha, yes! Heh, for me I had a very large orange wedge in the sample!
I didn’t see anything unusual in mine, it just looked like apple, hibiscus, and rosehips. I did notice one cardamom pod.
I made this in my smallest cup and it still tastes like slightly flavored water, ha ha…
Seems the ingredient distribution ended up a bit different in our ant-sized portions, too. Dustin got a star anise but I didn’t. If you are going to serve a chonky herbal, you gotta chonk it up properly!
What was it in Willy Wonka where everyone tasted something different when eating the same candy? I think this tea is like that! It was a nearly complete star too. It may have been missing two wings or whatever they are. It was huge for how small the sample is.
Hahaha, yes! Heh, for me I had a very large orange wedge in the sample!
I didn’t see anything unusual in mine, it just looked like apple, hibiscus, and rosehips. I did notice one cardamom pod.