I think I knew I would like this tea. I first saw this tea on Steepster, and then on a blog I love called, steep. sip. repeat, who said this tea was one that really stood out to her last year! So I obviously became super curious about it.
Smell: The fragrance of this tea blew me away. This tea only has like 6 simple ingredients, yet it smells like a yeasty apple cinnamon bun. Or even like an aromatic apple pie perfume; however, this tea has zero artificial or natural flavouring in it. So I do not know how Deb nailed the cinnamon bun smell; crazy, exceptional stuff! :)
Prep: I brewed this tea nice and long and then added milk and sugar to it
Taste: This smells strongly of cinnamon now, which I like, and as far as taste goes, it tastes strongly of cinnamon and apples. The cinnamon surprised me since, of course, I expected a caramel apple cinnamon bun tea to have a lot of cinnamon, which I love since I am a cinnamon fiend, but it caught me off guard since a lot of teas with warming spices sometimes are not bold enough, but I found the cinnamon in this to be perfect and warming.
I also think this tastes a lot like refreshing apples. Through the tea community, I have learned that just adding dry fruits to tea blends might not add enough flavour; however, Deb really nailed the apple portion of this tea using no artificial or natural flavouring so kudos to her! This tastes like I am biting into a fresh apple or something; unlike other apple teas, where it tastes like I am drinking a bunch of chemicals.
The only tiny criticism I have of this tea is that I wish it was stronger in the caramel aspect. Again, the caramel might come through more if I just had it black; however, I think it needs a stronger caramel note for me, personally. I wish I had some dark brown sugar I could sprinkle into this! Ou, that would be perfect.
Otherwise, this tea impressed me. I will purchase more of this!
Flavors: Apple, Bread, Cinnamon, Pastries
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I noticed Deb’s recent Cereal Milk tea has flavoring in it, I hope she’s not going in that direction… The fact that there are no added flavors is one of my favorite things about her teas.
Yeah! I noticed that too! :O I also love the fact that her teas have no added flavouring. Even if I don’t like a particular flavour, I always end up finishing it off. My least favourite thing about fun tea blends is they end up tasting off and artificial.
I bought cereal milk, actually! I’ll let you know how it tastes ha-ha!
But I do hope she keeps expanding her current lines to include more hojicha and oolong blends, and other fun flavours! I could think of so many cool ones she could do! :)
I noticed Deb’s recent Cereal Milk tea has flavoring in it, I hope she’s not going in that direction… The fact that there are no added flavors is one of my favorite things about her teas.
Yeah! I noticed that too! :O I also love the fact that her teas have no added flavouring. Even if I don’t like a particular flavour, I always end up finishing it off. My least favourite thing about fun tea blends is they end up tasting off and artificial.
I bought cereal milk, actually! I’ll let you know how it tastes ha-ha!
But I do hope she keeps expanding her current lines to include more hojicha and oolong blends, and other fun flavours! I could think of so many cool ones she could do! :)