This is a queued tasting note.
Hmm, cold brewing this one really made the lemon stronger. I actually liked the flavour; it was a very solid, intense lemon pudding/custard flavour but with just a little tartness/sharpness to it. It would’ve been better if some of the other elements of the tea had come through a little more and made this less monotone but it was a very, very solid lemon cold brew overall.
Lay’s “Do Us A Flavour” contest is back again – as with tradition I bought a bag of each kind of chip to test out; Americans have different flavours but for Canadians here were my thoughts on each:
My Favourite: Scalloped Potatoes.
While this is easily the least creative/original chip flavour this year (I mean it’s basically potato flavoured potato chips, right?) I thought it also tasted the best. Basically, picture the best cheddar/cheese potato chip you’ve ever had and then add the flavour of green onion/chives and sourcream. That’s what this is. Delicious.
Runner Up: BBQ Baked Beans.
I hated them at first, not gonna lie – but the more I got through the bag the more oddly compelling I found the flavour. It was savory, and kind of “meaty” (without being overly so) with a sweetness to it. Plus, they’re wavy chips and wavy chips will always be infinitely better than regular, flat ones. Also; ideal for dip! And this is a flavour that can easily support a good dip, like say French Onion? These were Tre’s least favourite, though.
Third: Butter Chicken.
I’ve never actually had butter chicken; I’ve never found a good vegetarian alternative to it, and I’ve been vegetarian so long that as a kid it was never a dish I wound up trying and even if I had I don’t know whether I’d be able to remember it? So with no real knowledge about what butter chicken should taste like I have to say I found the flavour of this one to be rather mild/flat and nondescript other than the peculiar flavour of cinnamon? However, this was definitely Tre’s favourite of the four.
And The Loser: Smoked Meat.
I actually thought I might like these ones, but they were just all kinds of awful. It felt like some amateur had just been incredibly heavy handed with the liquid smoke. They also tasted unbearably artificial and I found after eating about six or seven chips my mouth was even starting to feel numb! I ended up abandoning this bag at work in the staff room for people to try, so it never even made its way home for Tre to try.
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Man, my order is so different from yours! I like the baked beans one the most (I just think of it as a bit more of a savoury BBQ chip) and the scallopped potatoes one the least (it tastes like every other generic cheese/onion chip). I quite liked the Montreal one because I could taste a bit of mustard, and it was kind of bacon-like, but not quite — and that makes sense because it’s supposed to be kosher anyway. The butter chicken one was kind of meh to me; decent, but not particularly memorable.
Man, my order is so different from yours! I like the baked beans one the most (I just think of it as a bit more of a savoury BBQ chip) and the scallopped potatoes one the least (it tastes like every other generic cheese/onion chip). I quite liked the Montreal one because I could taste a bit of mustard, and it was kind of bacon-like, but not quite — and that makes sense because it’s supposed to be kosher anyway. The butter chicken one was kind of meh to me; decent, but not particularly memorable.