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“Trying to clear out some of the lingering samples on my tea counter! I got through most of the ones from Dryad shortly after I ordered them, but there are a few stragglers still hanging...” Read full tasting note
“Sit with a new traveler to town as he spins a tale of adventure. Feel the warmth of the fire on your skin as you settle down, listening with rapt attention.”
Roasted chestnut and caramel with the hint of star anise create a warming and comforting tea for the colder days and nights to come.
Ingredients: Black tea, green tea, rooibos tea, anise, cream-caramel pieces (sweetened condensed skimmed milk, sugar, glucose syrup, butter fat, wetting agent: sorbitol, emulsifying agent: mono- and diglyceride of edible fatty acids), brittle pieces (sugar, hazelnuts, invert sugar), yerba maté, natural & artificial flavor.
Contains Dairy.
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Trying to clear out some of the lingering samples on my tea counter! I got through most of the ones from Dryad shortly after I ordered them, but there are a few stragglers still hanging around…
This tea is described as having roasted chestnut and caramel with a hint of star anise. It has all the bases ha ha – black, green, rooibos, and maté. I steeped it at a green tea temperature, but am wondering if the green tea here is hojicha as I didn’t notice any conventional green tea-looking leaves. So probably should have steeped it hotter, but oh well!
Anyway… It’s a pleasant enough tea. I definitely get the star anise, it’s a bit more than a hint but not overpowering. Otherwise, it’s vaguely caramel or cream-like. I don’t really notice chestnut, or a distinct nuttiness in general. So really, the anise ends up being the main flavor for me, which I don’t mind. It’s almost like a creamy black licorice tea? But overall quite mildly flavored. As for the base, I mostly taste rooibos and black tea, though they are also very soft. It’s a bit muddled, which isn’t surprising as it seems to be quite a few different teas mixed together.
Now I want to try making some kind of black licorice pudding, because that sounds interesting. I think I saw Nigella make one once, I’ll have to go find that recipe… :)
Flavors: Anise, Caramel, Creamy, Licorice, Muddled, Smooth, Soft, Star Anise, Sweet, Woody
