This tea is from the TTB 2018!
I’m not totally sure why this is called butterbeer, since it does not taste of butterscotch or beer, now is there any cream soda/creamy element that I would expect in something buttery. This tastes like any other rooibos chai with red rooibos + spices like cinnamon, coconut, ginger, and allspice. It wasn’t a bad cup, but had no resemblance to what I would imagine butterbeer would taste like.
For the record, in Harry Potter butterbeer is described as: “a little bit like less-sickly butterscotch”. Since this isn’t convincing me of butterscotch at all (no caramelly or creamy vanilla notes) I’m taking the rating down a bit.
Flavors: Cinnamon, Coconut, Ginger, Rooibos, Spices
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That’s ultimately where I landed with this one too. It does have butterscotch chips in it, but I think they’re really drowned out by the spice. Eventually I just learned to accept this one for the flavour it offered and not what I hoped it would be. I figured some other Potterhead might get a kick out of trying this one if I added it to the box, though. This Etsy seller has a few Harry Potter blends; I have Slytherin and Gryyfindor right now – the former is great but the latter is more mediocre.
I normally wouldn’t drink a tea containing milk, but didn’t look at the ingredients until I saw the butterscotch chips in the steeper. I did take the butterscotch chips out before it had a chance to melt since I am very sensitive to dairy these days, but since the tea had already touched water I couldn’t put the leaf back into the packet. It was nice to have a chance to try it though, thanks Roswell!
That’s ultimately where I landed with this one too. It does have butterscotch chips in it, but I think they’re really drowned out by the spice. Eventually I just learned to accept this one for the flavour it offered and not what I hoped it would be. I figured some other Potterhead might get a kick out of trying this one if I added it to the box, though. This Etsy seller has a few Harry Potter blends; I have Slytherin and Gryyfindor right now – the former is great but the latter is more mediocre.
I normally wouldn’t drink a tea containing milk, but didn’t look at the ingredients until I saw the butterscotch chips in the steeper. I did take the butterscotch chips out before it had a chance to melt since I am very sensitive to dairy these days, but since the tea had already touched water I couldn’t put the leaf back into the packet. It was nice to have a chance to try it though, thanks Roswell!