Cold Brew!
Currently sipping on this and it’s fine. Fairly refreshing with an overall lighter flavour that leans a little bit apple-y with a subtle note of tropical fruit. Not sweet, really, a very natural tasting. As I drink it I do think it’s slowly growing on me. The main “criticism” I have here is that the finish tastes very strongly of that sort of stale/dehydrated fruit flavour – like when you buy a bag of “apple chips” and they have that kind of musty funk at the end of the bite.
I get that Firebelly doesn’t want to use flavouring – which is what would typically mask that off note in an herbal blend. While I disagree with the chemophobia, I’m not inherently opposed to a no flavouring blending stance. You just can’t expect dehydrated fruit to taste the same as your “typical” fruit tisane when it doesn’t include it – and that’s obvious here. Some acidity might help brighten the blend and balance things out, though – and there are ways to do that without using flavouring or other “chemicals” that Firebelly avoids like citric acid.