Banana Bread Chai (No. 88)

This tea was a gift from *Youngest – many thanks!

I am not a fan of banana bread and I don’t know exactly why. I like zucchini bread, which is similar. I like bananas and banana sandwiches with iced tea are a summer staple for me. I think the idea of a banana that has been cooked soft gives me a texture heebie-jeebie.

(Weird aside that might make sense of my aversion to banana bread. When I was really little, my mom and sister sometimes made me a banana sandwich by smashing a banana to a pudding consistency on a plate with mayo, and then smearing that on bread to make the sandwich. Other times it was a normal sliced banana. Don’t know if they were covering up that the banana had gone mushy? Why else would you do that? I prefer medium firm slices now.)

I don’t have anything against the flavors in banana bread, though, so I felt sure I would like this. And I do! There is noticeable banana flavor here unlike one of the first banana-flavored blends I tried that I can’t remember the name of right now. The spices are just right, not too mild and not too pushy. The base is good and could serve for breakfast, lunch, or snack time and could take milk and sugar but doesn’t need it. This would also make a nice latte.

The Oatmeal Raisin Cookie blend from Tin Roof Teas was a KAPOW WOW smash of flavor and lots of the flavor was similar to this tea. Somehow I find myself reaching for this one often, though. Sometimes you aren’t looking for KAPOW. This is a really nice pot of tea to accompany my breakfast. Like soft happy music versus rock and roll blasting at a party.

I must say – the package is marked two ounces but I didn’t think that was accurate. After making tea several times I dumped out the leaves on a scale and it said there were two ounces still. They must be very, very generous in their weighing, as Vanilla Rose Chai was the same way. Schweel.