Day 9 DavidsTea 24 Days of Tea advent calendar – Forever Nuts. I love the idea of this tea. Nuts, apple, cinnamon — these ingredients speak to me. I even love the scent of this before brewing, reminiscent of fresh baked goods warm from the oven. But in the cup, it’s a let-down (to put it nicely). Most of that can be chalked up to the highly artificial aftertaste. Some of it can be chalked up to this tea really wanting a less cloying nut than almond. I want this to have pecans. Or maybe walnuts. (Or both?) And 100% less ‘artificial flavouring’.
Tried a bit of it on its lonesome and the sugarbomb and fake-y taste were too much. Decided to go out on a limb and add milk. It was pretty much that or just chuck this out & hope tomorrow’s tea is better. It went against my nature to add milk, as this tea brews up very pinky-red thanks to the beetroot, but it looks like it ought to be hibiscus-y because of that same colour and hibiscus + milk sounds like a pretty not-good combo. But I did it anyway. Milk added in (far more of it than I would normally ever put in tea, too) and this tea was a bit like a cross between a warm apple cinnamon bun and strawberry Pocky, but in beverage form. And it looked insane, the color of pink, pre-made birthday cake frosting from a tub & just about as sweet. This is tea Hello Kitty should drink.
It was weird, but I grew to quite like it. Still, it’s a peeve that this is undrinkable without other things added in, so I can’t exactly recommend it, but I can’t give it too low a rating either.
Highly dessert-y, requires milk or some other addition to begin to approach palatable, sorely disappointing lack of agreement between the pre-brew scent and the post-brew taste (again, DT keeps pulling this particular fast one, not cool). Had high hopes. They did not survive the experience of consuming this.
Flavors: Apple, Artificial, Cinnamon, Nuts, Sweet
