Home – 8:30 PM
This was one of the bonus 50g bags from my Bird & Blend order. It looks like this was a spring blend that they don’t carry at the moment. I do like both mint and pistachio, so hooray! I was surprised that this is a black tea – if I were to blend those two flavors, I would likely put them with a white tea base.
Wow, sniffing the dry tea certainly cleared my sinuses out! It smells like peppermint Altoids… O.O
Luckily, the steeped tea doesn’t have such a strong peppermint aroma. Hmm… The peppermint here goes a little “wet rag” for me. I sometimes have that issue with peppermint leaf. I do taste just a little bit of cardamom, which is a spice that I really enjoy when it’s not too strong. To me it almost tastes like a combination of citrus and floral with some additional spiciness. I’m not sure I can taste the black tea at all here. The pistachio (which really is almond extract, like in pistachio ice cream) comes at the end of the sip, and it is quite subtle. It gives the blend a slight creaminess as well.
Personally, I could do with less peppermint leaf here. I feel like it overpowers the other two flavors, and it definitely overpowers the black tea.
Maybe next time I’ll try picking some of the peppermint out to see if that improves it.
Flavors: Almond, Cardamon, Cherry, Creamy, Herbaceous, Peppermint, Sweet
Your boxing day parcel arrived! Pistachio is expensive here too!
It was on Friday already. Quite fast.
Pistachios are very expensive here, too. I could eat a bag in one sitting, so I don’t keep any around. Too costly for idle snacking and don’t get me started on the bliss that is pistachio butter…
The post was just dropped here and B&B is here for me as well. :)
I hope you will find there some nice teas Courtney. But I am sure you ordered only the nice ones :D
Haha! I only ordered refills of my favourites. :P What about you?
God bless Grandma! What a blessing!
I went for a few new blends for me! And only one favourite. Mint Pistachio, Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster (that’s the favourite), Banana Bread Chai (sounded nice) and Relax (because of exams) Free shipping caused that I have ordered my friend a surprise belated Christmas gift; I bought her a Christmas box of 12 tea bags. She is loving them!
That’s awesome Martin! And sharing tea is the best, especially when they’re so well received! :)
Aww, your Grandma sounds sweet! How kind. : )