My friends Rahel & Kees changed their programmed trip to Brussels to come to Leuven on my last day there before returning home, and they had a nice present for me (apart from the wonderful afternoon we spent together) : 2 Dutch tea blends.
This one is from a Den Bosch based company indicating “exclusive Amsterdam tea” : a black tea (Ceylon) base with touches of speculaas, orange and “stroopwafel”…good to read the intention, as the list of ingredients is long and makes it hard to see this intention. In nose the dry blend is full of spices, but way more balanced than the average Christmas blend, for instance; once steeped, the spices make an elegant addition to the nice black tea backbone w/o overdoing it (OK, maybe a tiny bit too much of the cloves!)…great effort!
Flavors: Cinnamon, Clove, Spices, Tea
What a unique sounding blend! Perhaps you can pick out a few of the cloves and get the balance you desire. I like a very little bit of cloves in my tea but not too much. The cookie part sounds lovely!