My last minute 52Teas Countdown arrived this week! Well, technically earlier – I just wasn’t in office to receive it until this week. In addition to the countdown I picked up samples of anything else on the site that was interesting to me, which included a few different apple blends!
I’m gonna be honest, it was the honey in this that was really why I wanted to try it. 52Teas has an older blend that’s Honey and Blood Orange on a white tea base, and the honey in that is one of my all time favourite honey flavours. It’s sweet, creamy, and has that beeswax kind of note to it as well. Somewhat unfortunately, I think the apple in this blend is so strong that it sort of hides any honey notes that might be happening and, honestly, a lot of the cinnamon as well…
But here’s the thing! It’s such a fresh, crisp, naturally sweet and authentic apple note that I kind of forgot while I was drinking this that there were other flavours I was supposed to be picking up. Other flavours, mind you, that were the reason I bought the tea! I was just having such a good time drinking this beautiful apple blend that I couldn’t have cared less about anything else.