Harvest Apple Spice

Oh no, rooibos. I try my best to avoid it, but this came in a sampler. I’m willing to give it a chance because I’ve had a few rooibos apple spice teas that I’ve really enjoyed. Also, I love spiced apple anything.

It smells heavenly. Delicious red apple with strong, sweet cinnamon. I’m instantly reminded of fall, winter, and frost. The blend is an herbal and rooibos tea from what I understand, which is interesting. It brews up to a very pretty shade of red.

As far as the taste goes, I can tell it’s a rooibos. It has that aftertaste I’ve become familiar with, but with the apple cider flavors, it works. They compliment each other pretty well. Unlike many apple spice teas I’ve tried before, the spices don’t completely dominate it. It’s heavier on the apple side, which is something I’m liking a lot.

This is another winner from Tea Forte. These guys make such flavorful blends!

I am LOVING this! This is really one of the best rooibos blends I’ve tasted yet. The apple is sweet and just a little tart, the hibiscus imparts only a slight touch in the blend (resulting in a reddish color tisane and a somewhat thicker consistency than one would expect from a rooibos blend).

Very tasty!

I really thought I had tried this one last year but I had not! Oops!

Everyone in the office was having APPLE something…well, the only APPLE thing I had was tea so…here we go!

This smells like Cider and Cologne.

It steeps up rather dark! Not VERY Dark Brown but Medium to medium-dark brown.

The spice is just enough and nice. The apple is juicy, plump, and not overly tart. The hibiscus is barely there and I am totally fine with that.

Overall I was pleasantly surprised by this one!

Not my very favorite, but fun to try!

First tasting note! Wee! I liked this tea. It was sweet enough that I didn’t have to add sugar and it really packed a kick. The first steeping was just a little too tart for my taste but the second steeping was just right. I have a love/hate relationship with hibiscus but I found it worked well in this. Probably wouldn’t buy it again (I have wayyy too many rooibos teas already) but I enjoyed it!

OH MY GOD.

this is the way apple cinnamon tea should be made.

truly not for the faint of heart.

spicy spicy cinnamon,very tart apples perfectly combined.
An aftertaste that just lingers bringing your taste buds to life.

I was speechless when first I sipped this tea.
I am definitely a richer person for having tasted it.