Cold Brew!
I keep wanting to call this tea Agave Sunrise as if it was named after a Tequila Sunrise cocktail. Except that’s not the name, even though it’s clearly loosely the inspiration. Missed naming opportunity, IMO.
The tea itself was really interesting. It’s made with tequila infused Darjeeling, in addition to a few other ingredients like citrus and nectarine flavouring. Tequila is one of my least favourite spirits, but I still needed to see what this was like. It does, both surprisingly and unsuprisingly, taste very alcoholic. Strong tequila flavour but without the burn of real alcohol. It’s one of the strongest notes in the brew, alongside a hint of stonefruit and citrus and the more floral leaning black tea. It felt very much like I was drinking a cocktail made using tea, which is definitely the intention Steven Smith was going for so we’re basically looking at a 10/10 for nailing the concept.
Still a little on the fence about whether I enjoyed it. I didn’t dislike it but, as I said, I don’t love Tequila. It feels like it would nice in a giant pitcher during the heat of Summer at, like, a pool party or BBQ. More of a situational tea.