knittingopera Swap Advent Calendar 2024 – Day 19
Theme: Comfort & Joy
My pick: Bourbon Brew from Old Barrel Tea Co
This is not at all what I expected from the name. It’s a mix of black, oolong, and jasmine green teas with peach flavoring. Seems odd for a holiday tea, and I think it might be their only one?
Anyway, it’s a pleasant enough tea. I’m not sure exactly what temperature I steeped it at, because I had already cut open the bags and put the leaves in the steeper (which had residual water drops in the bottom) before I realized I had set the kettle to 200°, forgetting that this has green tea in it. I ended up putting a small amount of cold water into the steeper first, and then filling the rest with the hot water. Not very precise ha ha, but it seems to have come out okay.
Mostly tastes like black & oxidized oolong to me, with a touch of the jasmine green. I do get the peach flavor, and it’s surprisingly nice, more like a tart nectarine/apricot IMO. There is a haylike note as well, possibly from the green tea or the oolong. Overall, a nice cuppa but not something I would order for myself.
Flavors: Apricot, Astringent, Autumn Leaf Pile, Brisk, Dry Leaves, Hay, Jasmine, Nectarine, Stonefruit, Sweet, Tangy, Tannic
