Crème Caramel

I had this a while back when I was hanging out at Steeps with a friend. The dry leaf smells very heavy on the caramel. So sweet!

The main problem I have with drinking tea at Steeps, however, is the fact that they steep/serve it in french presses. They were out of their smaller sizes so the employee offered to serve it to me in one of their larger pots but still charge me for a small one. He even added quite a bit of leaf, the same amount one would use when ordering a large pot it seemed, to it was a great deal. He still seemed to overleaf, however. The leaves just continue to hang out in the pot until you finish the pot, and because it was a large pot, the tea got quite strong and bitter. So round one had barely any caramel flavour but had tons of astringency.

Steeps allows you to get unlimited refills so round two was already better. The caramel came through more, so I was able to detect those creamy caramel notes without the astringency that was running rampant before.

Third round was already watered down. The leaves lost more of the flavouring but was still able to pick up on a distinct caramel note. The second steep won out in terms of balance of flavours. Of course, I was completely waterlogged for the rest of the night and stopped there.

This is one I’d consider buying some for home because I’m curious how it would do if steeped properly.