I had this last night thinking it would be a sipdown, but I still have enough leaf (fruit bits?) left for another 16oz cup. Boo. If I had to have an unexpected cup of leaf remaining, I would have preferred it to be of Snickerdoodle.
Anyway. I had this hot and reduced the steep time hoping it would be less tart (similar to Yes We Cran), and it worked out for the first steep. Much more apple and no noticeable tart. The second steep wasn’t so lucky, however, and was all tart apple.
Overall, I feel pretty neutral about this tea. It’s decent and lives up to the apple flavor. It just doesn’t capture apple cider all that well.
I’m looking forward to the sipdown. As an added bonus, my fiance has said that if I sipdown two more teas, I’m free to place a DavidsTea order. Hooray, back-from-the-dead blends! And a continuation of my recent tea buying spree (thus the reason for the sipdown stipulation). This and Movie Night will be my super easy sipdowns because he didn’t specify that the sipdowns had to be on unopened or recently opened tea. Hooray loopholes and hooray for more tea!
