Last cocktail tea!
I’ve gotta say, I was a touch surprised by this one. It didn’t sound unpleasant to me despite being coffee flavoured, but since the cocktail collection is usually iced teas I was surprised they were with something more dessert-like and inspired by cream based liquors. There are SO many interesting cocktails out that that this just seemed like an oddball choice. Like, what about a Fuzzy Navel tea? Or a Manhatten? That could have been REALLY interesting! Stick it on a black base, with grenadine (like a Monk’s blend), some cranberries and cherries, and some pithy orange rind. You could totally pull that off…
Anyway, it tastes pretty good. It reminds me a lot of Mocha Latte or Tea Desire’s Latte Macciato because of the strong cream, coffee and milk chocolate flavours. In that way, I think it’s a bit boring because it’s not unique/exciting. However, there is ONE thing here that in my mind sets this one apart; it’s got a very strong, sweet and delicious carob flavour that offers something different from the other similar blends. I made this one iced to fit in with the rest of the collection since I’d tried all of them that way, however the flavour really does seem to me like it would be much better suited for a hot tea, likely either with a touch of milk or just as a full blown latte.
It’s good. Different. Probably a much needed switch up from the rest of the collection which is very, very fruity…
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