Steep Information:
Amount: 2 tsp at first, then entire sample (approx 4 tsp)
Additives: none
Water: 6 ounces filtered boiling
Tool: Mesh basket strainer in cup
Steep Time: a little over 12 minutes
Served: Hot
Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: barely a scent of caramel, and perhaps a re-heated burned caramel
Steeped Tea Smell: none
Flavor: woody rooibos
Body: Medium
Aftertaste: the burned caramel is there, like an after thought, not heavy but lightly
Liquor: dark red
After the first 7 minutes and 2 tsp of tea I found it to be a weak woody rooibos flavor, so I added the rest of the sample and steeped another 5 minutes.
I was not tasting the apple or smelling it. The cinnamon and almond surprised me as I would never have guessed they were there had they not been in the ingredient listing.
You need to like rooibos to like this tea as it is a very prominent flavor. The apple and caramel are too subtle for me.
Post-Steep Additives: 1/2 tsp German rock sugar, more caramel flavor brought out
images: http://amazonv.blogspot.com/2010/03/jade-teapot-loose-leaf-rooibos-tea_17.html
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No caramel in a tea named caramel apple…??? Um…
it was a after taste – and much more prominent with sugar, it was the apple i couldn’t find
It’s weird you can find something that’s not there. Something in the name that isn’t listed in the ingredients is false advertising to me. :(
I think I will retire this flavor. Even off Steepster it does not get high remarks. Thanks for your comments.
bye bye caramel apple! (just don’t let the Caribbean go anywhere!)
No caramel in a tea named caramel apple…??? Um…
it was a after taste – and much more prominent with sugar, it was the apple i couldn’t find
It’s weird you can find something that’s not there. Something in the name that isn’t listed in the ingredients is false advertising to me. :(
I think I will retire this flavor. Even off Steepster it does not get high remarks. Thanks for your comments.
bye bye caramel apple! (just don’t let the Caribbean go anywhere!)