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Holy mackinaw, it smells like apple crisp! That’s insane. How did they do that?
I’m brewing it heavy (1tbsp to a cup between 16-20oz) because I always brew David’s Teas heavy.
The dry tea looks like art, but the tea in my cup looks like garbage. No colour except for a lightly tobacco-stained appearance towards the bottom. It does not look at all as wonderful as it smells.
I’m letting it sit because I always burn my tongue and have just eaten peanut butter toast as a snack, which probably wouldn’t mingle well with the cinnamon and apple (… or would it?)
So, like, I’ve been playing a lot of Fable 3. A LOT a lot. So addictive. I currently have 7 husbands and 10 children. What fun. This tea makes me forget that I’d rather be playing Fable 3 and keeps me at the table where I should be working.
Of course, I’d rather be in front of a fire in a cozy sweater having just come in from cross-country skiing to have this mug of aromatherapy waiting for me, but beggers can’t be choosers. And I really SHOULD be working.
Okay, on to the tasting. I’m trying this one naked.
Disappointing mouth-feel at first, but it has an apple-y juiciness (almost a crispness?) at the back of my tongue. I think that I’m getting the taste more from the smell than the actual taste, which is disappointing.
But still a lovely tea. Something I’d brew when I was feeling crappy about it still being winter in Manitoba and bitterly cold.