Backlog from yesterday evening.
So a while back I got a swap from Ubacat of Lemon Meringue rooibos from Tealish. I liked it, but because I’m obstinate and irrational, I haven’t ordered from Tealish directly, even though it’s in the same city as me.
So what did I do? I ordered this tea and the African Star (lemon rooibos) from Rivertea in the hopes that I could jerry-rig my own lemon meringue blend from these two flavours.
I did this by mixing 1 tsp each of both teas – the vanilla meringue one had a little meringue puff and an almond sliver included – in a disposable bag and steeping them in 16 oz of boiling water for 7 minutes.
The resulting mix of the tea was very heavy on the vanilla and meringue flavour, and very light on the lemon flavour. This one didn’t need much sweetener, but the vanilla flavour is so loud and heavy that it was kind of overwhelming.
I can definitely see there being an audience for the meringue tea, though, considering the popularity of Birthday Cake by David’s Tea.
I’m going to try mixing this meringue flavour with my other rooibos blends, like the red currant one, to see how I like it.
Also, I’m cross-posting much of this same note to the tasting note for African Star.