Candied Almond

Ashmanra’s sipdown challenge – December 2023 Tea #1 – December 4 – National Cookie Day

I almost forgot it was cookie tea prompt day!  But this is the closest to the prompt I have.  It sure tastes like sweet almond type cookies.  All of my cookie teas are home.  I actually MADE some chocolate chip peanut butter cookies today.  I never do that.  haha.  Well… maybe once in a great while.  They turned out pretty good! 

You know when you visit the Farmer’s Market, and there is stall selling bags of nuts covered in warm cinnamon and sugar and the smell is absolutely divine? When you open up the bag of this tea, the aroma reminds me exactly of that! (The loose tea looks good enough to eat too… like a cinnamon-covered granola!) This is a tea that works best for me when it is brewed strong to really enjoy the flavor, so I usually use two heaping teaspoons (this tisane has pretty large, chunky ingredients, so I find it comes out a bit weak otherwise!) and let it steep in boiling water for around 7-10 minutes. The resulting tea is a dark red color from the beetroot powder, which also gives it a very slight tart note which reminds me just a bit of hibiscus. It counters the natural sweetness of the tea, as it is very nutty and has some slight cinnamon-sugar notes. I really like the tea with its natural beetroot tart bite, since that is a flavor I’m personally quite fond of, but adding a bit of sweetener mellows that note out so the tea becomes such an incredibly smooth dessert tea. This is a rather unique evening indulgence tea!