Late afternoon sip during this past week – I’m finding some afternoons I want a caffeine perk up and some, like in this case, I want more of a “caffeine cool down”. Not because the caffeine is bugging me, but I’ve just been a little stressed lately and there’s something a little more soothing to me about the idea of having a herbal blend. Which is silly, because caffeinated blends can be equally soothing in their flavours and ingredient compositions…
Anyway, this was highly aromatic and driven primarily by the taste of fresh cardamom with it’s natural citrus undertones and faint camphor finish. The camphor leans into the hint of cooling mint, and the citrus notes to the light and delicate orange blossom flavours. All very well connected to each other as a complimentary trio of flavours. And yes, very soothing…
Orange blossom and cardamom sounds like a really nice flavour combo. To see that on something like a black tea or oolong tea blend…