I can’t recall the last time I had a Joy bar, but I’m a little confused because I clearly recall the advertisements saying “Almond Joys have nuts, Mounds don’t.” so shouldn’t this be more of a Mounds tea since the coconut is the main focus? Or are Joys just a general term for a type of candy and some candy company in the 80’s was killing it on the misleading advertising?
Anyways… the instructions for all this tea say to use just cooled boiling water and it makes me wonder how much R&D they did on their teas. I steeped this at 175F instead. The bag smells both chocolate like and artificial at the same time, but I couldn’t tell you what is making that impression. There is a light sheen of oil on the top of my tea, which I’m not a fan of. The cacao shell flavor is what comes through strong. There is a hint of something fruity in there, but it’s very fleeting. The coconut is hard to find. The green base is undetectable. This tea isn’t bad, but it doesn’t have much of anything going for it either. It’s quickly forgettable.
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Almond Joy was the trademarked name, the jingle started “sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t,” and the only difference between that and Mounds was one almond on top of each half :)
Oh I love Mounds bars! I always preferred those because they are coated in dark chocolate. I think Almond Joys might be coated in milk chocolate, but it’s been so long since I’ve had either one that I can’t remember for sure.
I’m pretty sure the emphasis on coconut in the name is just their way of skirting the trademark on “Almond Joy” – there’s definitely almond flavouring in the blend itself, which may be what you’re tasting as fruity (almond flavouring sometimes ready like sweet fruit/cherry to people because of the overlap in many flavour compounds).
I’ve for sure gotten that almond/cherry crossover in flavoring, but I don’t think I’ve ever noticed a coconut/cherry crossover!
Almond Joy was the trademarked name, the jingle started “sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t,” and the only difference between that and Mounds was one almond on top of each half :)
Oh I love Mounds bars! I always preferred those because they are coated in dark chocolate. I think Almond Joys might be coated in milk chocolate, but it’s been so long since I’ve had either one that I can’t remember for sure.
I’m pretty sure the emphasis on coconut in the name is just their way of skirting the trademark on “Almond Joy” – there’s definitely almond flavouring in the blend itself, which may be what you’re tasting as fruity (almond flavouring sometimes ready like sweet fruit/cherry to people because of the overlap in many flavour compounds).
I’ve for sure gotten that almond/cherry crossover in flavoring, but I don’t think I’ve ever noticed a coconut/cherry crossover!