First blend in trying from the BOMC November box! I was super excited to try this one after reading Bonnie’s review, and yu lu yan cha is one of my favorite verdant black teas, oh and I love chais with ginger. Basically, this sounded perfect.
The dry smell is a blast of spices! I googled what the heck fo-ti root was, interesting, so many interesting ingredients in these blends! So yes, it smells really spicy dry, with a hint of yu lu sweet potato scent too. I brewed for 2 mind with boiling water. The steeped smell is mostly the black base, I love it! The spice smell has mellowed to compliment the base in a lovely way.
As for the taste, yes. This is soooo good! The base truly shines, this is a chai where the base tea is the star, and the spices mingle around to create a spicy, warm backdrop. So much good in this!! It is a bit reminiscent of the LB village chai, but way different at the same time. The different teams base really does make the difference, this one is spice and pow and awesome, LB is more relaxed and cozy and chocolate. I love both, but it might love this one a tad more. Yes. Man those sweet potato notes with the spices….. Amazing. I aspire to blend my homemade chai as wonderful as a tea like this, but I think that may be unreasonable. This is a winner. Please please Verdant, put this one on the Site!!! rating… 95. Might increase later. I’ll rate it properly when I’m on the computer! Excellent tea!!
Oh wow! Sweet potato? Yum!
Dying to try this…must be SOON!