Lannister Royal Tea

Fandom Blend Sipdown: 3/6

This one’s not bad! The nose is cinnamon but the Tiger Eye (caramel-esque) is pleasant generic sweetness; it’s not a convincing caramel cream flavour but it’s passable, especially if you think of it as an English Breakfast relative. The almond tea is once again a non-starter here and the chocolate is absolute artificial blah. I’m not sure if that’s due to age, Adiago’s flavouring, or a combination of both.

Taken with oat milk.

319/365

My second pick from the Game of Tea (Thrones!) sampler set. This one’s a blend of Tiger Eye, Cinnamon, and Almond.

My initial thought is that I like it very much – there’s a lot of caramel and chocolate at the forefront of the sip (I guess that’s the Tiger Eye…), against a pleasingly spicy background of cinnamon and the merest hint of almond. I drank two cups over the course of the day, one with milk and one without. The cup with milk was a little more muted, and causes the almond to disappear (it wasn’t strong to begin with…), but still has a nice chocolate/cinnamon vibe. I feel like you lose some of the caramel smoothness with milk, too, so going forward I’ll probably drink it without.

My first cup – without milk – was really smooth and very easy to drink. Part of me feels it should be “redder”, or somehow brassier, if it’s to really represent the Lannister’s – maybe a touch of hibi wouldn’t have been amiss here? I was imagining something a bit more like Butiki’s Ruby Pie, but obviously this is quite different! This probably isn’t the most unique tea out there, but the cinnamon adds a little twist and it’s nicely indulgent and desserty. I’ll happily drink up the rest of my sample.

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