This was an interesting and unusual tea. The fluffy, pale gold and white leaves feel weightless and look different from any tisane I’ve ever had. They feel like packaging peanuts or styrofoam and smell not like quince or any kind of fruit, but rather milk chocolate. Hershey Kisses to be precise.
Anyway, I went ahead and steeped it pretty close to the instructions on the website. The tea brews up medium amber and the wet leaves smell like chamomile. I was expecting some of the chocolately aroma to make it into the brewed tea but there wasn’t even a hint of it. Instead, it has a mild, slightly earthy chamomile-like flavor with a vegetal backdrop. Notes of okra and raw yellow squash. In a blind taste test, I might mistake this for a green or oolong tea.
Not the biggest fan of this kind of tea but it might appeal to someone looking for a caffeine free alternative that resembles camellia sinensis. For me though, I will try blending it with another tisane as the flavor of the straight tea isn’t for me.
Flavors: Chamomile, Squash, Vegetal
Interesting!
Well on their website they suggest blending it with their black tea and I can see it as an interesting opinion. ALso, in my notes I have slight walnut (?) taste.
@Martin I saw that too. Curious to give it a spin.