So yeah, everyone knows I have been in Poland in the end of last year, right? I have visited also Toruń, a town famous for gingerbread. And it’s UNESCO protected city center. And why to visit Pisa, when a leaning tower is here too? So, I have been in their Gingerbread muzeum. And then I have decided to buy gingerbread for my friend in Switzerland and I have saw they offer a tea too. So here it is.
It smells fantastic. Very accurate to actual gingerbread (and similar to museum air itself), with cherry undertone. As it is often mixed with some crémes and such, I thought it is pretty good aroma. And pure gingerbread would be rather similar to chai.
I have used two teaspoons (there are no steeping parameters anywhere) in my big strainer, brewed for 3 minutes.
Woo… it is again a delicious thing. The base tea is present and truly making the base, somehow tannic, but no astringency to be found. The cloves and cinnamon play the biggest role in the taste notes. Sometimes the cinnamon is stronger, sometimes the latter. The morello cherry is adding a little, but needed sweetness and a little bit of another dimmension of flavour. But it’s not cherry-like at all.
Honestly, I am very surprised of qualities of this tea and the leaf quality isn’t bad either. It is not CTC, but it seems to be OP! And taste… is just right. Good for colder days for sure!
Flavors: Cherry, Cinnamon, Cloves
I have been looking forward to this tasting note!