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This is the last of my B&B matcha samplers, and since it’s one of the “not-matcha” tea powders (rooibos), I decided to froth it up in some vanilla oat milk as my nightly herbal cuppa tonight.

The dry leaf smelled incredibly spicy (I wouldn’t be able to differentiate it on the nose with the Gingerbread Chai powder!) but after brewing it, now the predominant aroma is fruit! Now I’m just smelling cinnamon apples…

Hmmm… yes, I can definitely taste apple. It isn’t the sharp green apple I got from their Toffee Apple matcha, though, but a sweeter, baked apple flavor, followed by mulling spices, predominantly cinnamon. Just a little citrusy too, which mixed with the strong apple flavor is coming off as a slight fruit punch flavor to me. I wonder if this would be a lot spicier and citrusy if I’d used regular oat milk instead of the vanilla (I always worry about the B&B powders being bitey without the extra bit of sweetness) since I am getting a lot of the frothy vanilla in the cup… it does go nicely with the flavors, though.

I haven’t liked the rooibos powders when I can actually taste the rooibos powder, and I’m not tasting it here, at least. And it’s a fairly smooth cuppa, at least so far (though I wouldn’t be surprised if I get some graininess closer to the bottom). Ya, I’m okay with this. If I top up my regular oat milk, I may have to use that with the remaining serving I have left in the sampler just to see if some of the other flavors pop a bit more, and hope that doesn’t turn it into a spice bomb… perhaps the sweetness in my cup is just bringing forth all the fruity notes instead, heh.

Flavors: Cinnamon, Citrus, Fruit Punch, Pastries, Red Apple, Spices, Sweet

Preparation
1 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML
Todd

Oh, that one sounds really nice.

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Todd

Oh, that one sounds really nice.

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Hi! I’m Sara, a middle-aged librarian living in southern Idaho, USA. I’m a big ol’ sci-fi/fantasy/anime geek that loves fandom conventions, coloring books, simulation computer games, Japanese culture, and cats. Proud genderqueer asexual (she/they) and supporter of the LGBTQ+ community. I’m also a chronic migraineur. As a surprise to no one, I’m a helpless tea addict with a tea collecting and hoarding problem! (It still baffles me how much tea I can cram into my little condo!) I enjoy trying all sorts of teas… for me tea is a neverending journey!

Favorite Flavors:

I love sampling a wide variety of teas! For me the variety is what makes the hobby of tea sampling so fun! While I enjoy trying all different types of teas (pure teas, blends, tisanes), these are some flavors/ingredients I enjoy:
-Dessert/chocolate/vanilla/caramel/cream/toffee/maple
-Sweet/licorice root/stevia
-Vegetal/grassy
-Floral/lavender/rose
-Spices/chais
-Fruity
-Tropical/pineapple/coconut
-Bergamot (in moderation)
-Roasted/nutty
-Tart/tangy/hibiscus/rosehip

Disliked Flavors:

There are not many flavors or ingredients that I don’t like. These include:
-Bananas/banana flavoring
-Hemp/CBD teas
-Smoke-scented teas/heavy smoke flavors (migraine trigger)
-Perfumey teas/extremely heavy floral aromas (migraine trigger)
-Gingko biloba (migraine trigger)
-Chamomile (used in blends as a background note/paired with stronger flavors is okay)
-Extremely spicy/heated teas
-Medicinal flavors/Ginseng
-Metallic flavors
-Overly strong artificial flavorings

With the exception of bananas and migraine triggers, I’ll pretty much try any tea at least once!

Steeping Parameters:

I drink tea in a variety of ways! For hot brews, I mostly drink my teas brewed in the western style without additions, and for iced tea, I drink teas mostly brewed in the cold brew style without additions. Occassionally I’ll change that up. I use the https://octea.ndim.space/#/ app for water-to-tea ratios and use steep times to my preferences.

My Rating Scale:

90-100 – Top tier tea! These teas are among my personal favorites, and typically I like to keep them stocked in my cupboards at all times, if possible!

70-89 – These are teas that I personally found very enjoyable, but I may or may not feel inclined to keep them in stock.

50-69 – Teas that fall in this range I enjoyed, but found either average, lacking in some way, or I’ve had a similar tea that “did it better.”

21-49 – Teas in this range I didn’t enjoy, for one reason or another. I may or may not finish them off, depending on their ranking, and feel no inclination to restock them.

20-1 – Blech! My Tea Hall of Shame. These are the teas that most likely saw the bottom of my garbage can, because I’d feel guilty to pass them onto someone else.

Note that I only journal a tea once, not every time I drink a cup of it. If my opinion of a tea drastically changes since my original review, I will journal the tea again with an updated opinion and change my rating. Occassionally I revisit a tea I’ve reviewed before after a year or more has passed.

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