Thanks to the darling Sil for passing some of the infamous Brioche to me! I’ve been waffling on making an order for over half a year now, not really tempted by their other teas, hence thinking an order wouldn’t be worthwhile. But now I have to chance to see what all the fuss is about.
And I get it. The fuss. The dry leaf truly does smell bakery-like. Some bready notes with swirls of spice mixed in. As soon as I started to steep the tea, I picked up a waft of raisin bread, or like a very bready cinnamon bun jewelled with raisins. Actually, it reminds me of my grandma’s babka with a touch of spice.
The taste matches the smell, without a doubt. Without any additives, I can taste all of the components I listed above: the eggy bread, the raisins, the spice. This is basically what I hoped Della Terra’s Oatmeal Raisin Cookie would be like, except with more of a bready note.
I also appreciate that the liquor isn’t oily or murky from the flavouring. Is it order-worthy? Most definitely. But I’m not sure if I’d give it the title of the Best Dessert Tea, and don’t think it’s worth getting unless you can hit a sale on their site.
Speaking of which, ATR does have 20% off sale this weekend so I have the weekend to think about whether I should do it. This is the worst time to have a sale, though! I just told myself to cool it for a while until I get down to, I don’t know, like seventy or less teas again, and not sure if I’m willing to spend $70+ in order to counteract the shipping costs and make it worthwhile. Ho hum.
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Maybe consider the 20% as being part of the shipping? I wouldn’t put an order over 70 for free shipping. I might do $ 50 but anything over is crazy talk :)
Or, you know, include Ruby Red with your order to make you jump by $30. Hee hee
Haha that’s a good way of looking at it too. Luckily, there are enough that I would consider trying which, together, with say, 100g of Brioche and 50g of Brioche CF, would end up being in the $55-70 range anyway.
Just…. argh. Not now!
You could always register a new email and get a “first order” shipping for 15%?
I doubt they’d combine the two offers. At this point, it’s more about the sheer volume of tea I already have haha.
No, you can’t combine the offers because you can only enter one code. I’m saying don’t worry about missing a 20% sale, you’re sitting on 15% off anytime.
Oh yeah, duh. That’s very true!
Maybe consider the 20% as being part of the shipping? I wouldn’t put an order over 70 for free shipping. I might do $ 50 but anything over is crazy talk :)
Or, you know, include Ruby Red with your order to make you jump by $30. Hee hee
Haha that’s a good way of looking at it too. Luckily, there are enough that I would consider trying which, together, with say, 100g of Brioche and 50g of Brioche CF, would end up being in the $55-70 range anyway.
Just…. argh. Not now!
You could always register a new email and get a “first order” shipping for 15%?
I doubt they’d combine the two offers. At this point, it’s more about the sheer volume of tea I already have haha.
No, you can’t combine the offers because you can only enter one code. I’m saying don’t worry about missing a 20% sale, you’re sitting on 15% off anytime.
Oh yeah, duh. That’s very true!