Key Lime Pie

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Finished this one off with a splash of milk. The milk actually made a marked difference in improving this profile. It was still bright and sweetly lime flavoured, but the lime didn’t eclipse the other flavour notes anymore – instead I tasted the creaminess of the filling as well as a distinct graham crust note. It was the graham note that really took this over the edge for me from being not just one in a sea of creamy lime teas but a distinctly key lime pie profile.

Would I buy this again? No, but I’m very satisfied that I ended up getting a cup of it that was pretty close to perfectly aligned with what my initial expectations had been!

I appreciate that several of Almost’s rooibos blends are on a green base! Did you ever try Lime Chiffon? Della Terra had it and I’m sure a few other places. This smells very much like that (which I can’t recall if it was a green or red rooibos base), minus a bit of the creaminess. The lime smells bright and well rounded. I would say it tastes the same too, a nice lime base without the creaminess. The lime is strong enough that I don’t get much of the rooibos flavors in there which is fine by me! It was a nice cup, but I decided to try adding creamer because I recall the Lime Chiffon being tasty with cream. It did not do good things for this tea and I didn’t even put that much in it. The lime flavor is muted quite a bit and I’ll make sure not to mess up my next cup of it. I like this tea well enough that I’d buy it if the price were a little lower than $1 a bag.