I was utterly unfamiliar with the existence of Grays Teacakes prior to this tea. If I’ve understood correctly, they are kind of like coconut toffee/brittle? I haven’t tasted them so I can only comment on how tasty this tea was on its own.
I am a fan of coconut, loving both coconut macaroon cookies and those coconut hostess Sno-Ball cakes. This tea smelled deliciously creamy and nutty in the dry leaf. It reminded me of a hostess Sno-Ball without the chocolate.
I have not had toasted kukicha before, only the greener variety. I remember it being bright and tart and a strangely fruity compared to other green teas. Toasted, the kukicha tea tastes much more like toasted hojicha, mostly with warm, roasted notes and a gentle mouthfeel. The leaves were also strange and fascinating, the long kukicha style leaves, rolled tightly in on themselves (long-wise) from the toasting.
Brewed, everything about this tea is warm and roasty. The coconut adds a lovely vanilla cream nuttiness and the toasted kukicha brings a bit of a puffed rice and golden toast flavor alongside it.
It is surprisingly cake-like without being to cloying or starchy. I see this being a favorite afternoon tea when I’m not in the mood for too sweet of a tea blend but still want to feel cozy and pampered.
Flavors: Cake, Coconut, Cream, Rice, Roasted, Toast, Vanilla
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Tempting. So tempting.
Greys Teacakes: They aren’t really a brittle – they’re more like a toffee/caramel. They aren’t quite as hard as a brittle – but they aren’t buttery soft the way most caramels tend to be, they’re more like the really chewy, toothsome caramels. The strongest flavor of the candies that I sampled is coconut, and a toasty flavor that goes with the coconut, and then a background note of burnt sugar caramel.
Well, Anne, you are not making it LESS tempting.
:) Oh – good!
Tempting. So tempting.
Greys Teacakes: They aren’t really a brittle – they’re more like a toffee/caramel. They aren’t quite as hard as a brittle – but they aren’t buttery soft the way most caramels tend to be, they’re more like the really chewy, toothsome caramels. The strongest flavor of the candies that I sampled is coconut, and a toasty flavor that goes with the coconut, and then a background note of burnt sugar caramel.
Well, Anne, you are not making it LESS tempting.
:) Oh – good!