Of all the 52 Teas blends, this was the one I hoped, prayed, that Frank would reblend. This is how, in my insanity that was Black Friday (NINE boxes of tea right now, NINE), I ended up cracking this one first.
This smells really… odd out of the bag. I was a bit concerned, only because it’s hard to put my finger on it. Sweet dirt, perhaps? Not a bad smell, almost like some pu-erh I guess. Just… odd.
Drinking it is okay, however I’m grasping to find much other than cheesecake (fairly prominent) and a teensy bit of peanut. I can smell chocolate after steeping, and there’s a bit of it on my tongue with mouthfeel. Sweetening it definitely gave it more punch, and more chocolate, but then I’m stretching for the cheesecake and the peanut.
I do like this, I may just need to play with it more to get the steeping directions right. Overleafed purposely (1.5 tsp/cup).
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Weird, I wonder if the sweet dirt comes from the flavouring or the base, Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake is just about one of the greatest tea flavouring ideas.
Maybe when I’ve had a bit of sleep I’ll be able to place the smell. I mean, it’s not a bad smell, it’s just nothing like what I’d expected. His other honeybush blends definitely don’t smell like this… thinking of Pina Colada particularly.
I grabbed one of the make-your-own blends in the Kickstarter project, and chose Haagen Daaz Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream as mine. I can’t wait to try that either, even though I know it’s similar (yet not the same) as this. I also asked for extra peanut butter flavoring. Frank said he could do that.
Weird, I wonder if the sweet dirt comes from the flavouring or the base, Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake is just about one of the greatest tea flavouring ideas.
Maybe when I’ve had a bit of sleep I’ll be able to place the smell. I mean, it’s not a bad smell, it’s just nothing like what I’d expected. His other honeybush blends definitely don’t smell like this… thinking of Pina Colada particularly.
I grabbed one of the make-your-own blends in the Kickstarter project, and chose Haagen Daaz Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream as mine. I can’t wait to try that either, even though I know it’s similar (yet not the same) as this. I also asked for extra peanut butter flavoring. Frank said he could do that.