Yeah, so I didn’t set my alarm and slept right through class. Whoops! I’m pretty sure it’s my subconscious’s way of telling me not to go to bed so late, so it’s early bedtime for me tonight!
On the plus side this meant that I had time to properly brew something, so I picked this. The leaves smell fascinating a mixture of fruity and creamy – such a weird contrast to the not even there smell of Sally’s Secret. I’m not really getting anything in the way of cough syrup Stephanie but then those cough syrups tend to smell overridingly of chemicals to me.
What I AM getting is this weird chalky quality in the actual drink. Not a huge fan of chalk – especially in my drinks. I mean, it’s useful for writing on a blackboard, but I don’t want to be ingesting it. I wonder if that’s the creamyness? I can’t really sense the bergamot either, besides a general fruityness, but I guess it’s just blending in with all the other flavors so I am not really that bummed. The quality of the smell also changed when I infused it – now I DO get more cherry out of it – or at least a strong sour fruity smell.
This is quite tasty other than the chalky thing, and I’ll probably get more if subsequent attempts prove it to be an aberration.
Edit: Oh yeah, forgot to mention the weird underlying spicy note – considering that I also had this with Sally’s Secret, I’m going to assume that is part of the Bergamot-ness?
