1908 Tasting Notes
I had been wanting to try Simpson & Vail for many years and just never got around to it. Since they released an advent this year, I decided it was time and placed an order for that, along with a gift and a few other teas.
This smells absolutely amazing. Like honey coated lilacs. It tastes lovely too. Really strong honey and lilac flavors. Really impressed with this, especially for the cost.
Flavors: Honey, Honeysuckle, Lilac
This is fine. Generic red fruit black tea. Probably wouldn’t purchase again.
But, realized this has catnip in it. One of my cats absolutely lost her mind trying to steal the used teabag and stick her head into my brewed cup.
My cats are always trying to steal my mint teas, I guess since they’re close enough to catnip?
Yes! I had a cat growing up that would break into the cupboards to steal peppermint teabags.
hah! That tea should definitely come with a warning for cat people! Also, maybe those other “mint” teas that cats were interested in were really secretly catnip?
Honestly they could have had catnip in them!
Decided to purchase a couple of the Piper & Leaf samplers- they have so many unique sounding blends and I couldn’t resist trying them.
This is not a flavor profile I usually like in tea. Particularly the chocolate, which is more often than not painfully artificial tasting. This was a pleasant surprise though! The chocolate was not plasticy or artificial at all, and the mix of berries was a nice compliment. Can definitely taste the most strawberry, with a touch of raspberry.
I know I’m in the minority with this blend, but I still really like it. The clove and rose are both so strong, but I like the combination. I enjoy drinking it around Halloween time, but once I finish off this bag, I don’t know that I need to repurchase it anytime soon.
Flavors: Clove, Perfume, Rose
