894 Tasting Notes
I’m a little obsessed with cardamom. I’ve been making cardamom ice cream and sampling different chais trying to find one with enough cardamom, so I was very excited for this.
This is straight up cardamom and black. No other notes that I’m detecting, and surprisingly dry on its own. I associate cardamom with sweet and creamy flavours (or some savoury dishes), and so I think my palette was a bit surprised by how this tasted.
With a bit of milk and sugar though, this is bliss. It’s going down a little too easy and I’m almost to the bottom of my cup already. It’s satisfying my cardamom craving very nicely.
I steeped this for four minutes, but I think for my next cup I will just steep the hell out of it, like I usually do with teas that I plan to add milk and sugar to. Get all that cardamom deliciousness into my cup.
Thanks so much to Dexter for sending me this sample!
Flavors: Bitter, Cardamom, Malt
Preparation
Lovely. Lots of fruitness, a bit of floral and warm, woodiness of rooibos. There’s lots of blueberry in this, almost jammy, maybe some currant, lavender and rose? A very relaxing blend.
Flavors: Black Currant, Blueberry, Floral, Fruity, Lavender, Rose, Wood
Mmm. Fruity and floral. The jasmine and lychee are very distinct. I’m not sure what the green tea base is – it’s a bit woody and not my favourite, but overall, this is a lovely tea.
The lychee flavour is very similar to the one I’ve experienced in lychee congou teas.
Flavors: Floral, Jasmine, Lychee, Wood
