Maple Cheesecake Oolong

It’s Thanksgiving morning (edit: this was written yesterday when the Dash was down yet again), and I was greeted by our first snowfall of the year. Boo! I needed tea therapy after shoveling the slushy walk, and when I was looking through my older selections the word “maple” caught my eye and I realized I was really hankering for that flavor.

Steeped according to the package. The spent leaves had a strong woody aroma, not too unlike houjicha, while the steeped cup smelled strongly of maple and butter. That is pretty much what it tastes like, too: sweet maple and a bit of buttery creaminess on a roasted and slightly nutty backdrop. I may try a subsequent cup as a latte with sweet almond milk as I suspect that will make the maple pop even more, but it is perfectly satisfying as-is. Fits the “suddenly it’s winter!” weather.

I had a bunch of different options from 52Teas that I could have picked for a cake tea, but I went with this one because I thought I might be close enough to finishing the sample to get in a sipdown – not quite, though. I think I still have one more cup worth left. It was still delicious though; mostly a straight forward sweet maple note on the more mineral and woody oolong base but there was some creaminess to the finish.

Tea Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/CpxoE_fuAkC/ (8th Pic)

Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFflOdX_rKU

This is the last tea from my mystery bags. The scent of the dry leaf is super mapley, so I’m pretty excited. The flavor is pretty complex. I get the maple, plus some nice woodiness, plus a flavor that must be the cheesecake. I won’t say it tastes exactly like cheesecake, but you know, it works! I’m having it with milk, and I’m really enjoying it. The maple could be stronger, but I also like the balance of flavors it’s going for. I made a second steep, which tastes like cheesecake! Mildly maple, delicious cheesecake. This is a great tea!

Lawd a mercy, I hope they still make this tea! I got this in a tea swap – I can’t really taste the cheesecake part, but the maple and the oolong go so well together – I made a giant pot and I’ve been sipping this tea over the last two days, one small tea cup at a time – what a treat!

This was a gift from amandastory516 a while back. Gosh, it’s probably been nearly a year ago now. I can’t believe I haven’t tried it yet! The dry leaf smells delicious – very strong, sweet maple. I don’t smell or taste the cheesecake, but I’ve never experienced that flavor in any other blend either. I guess it would be tangy, tart, creamy? I don’t taste any of that here. To me, this is straight maple with a background of roasty, toasty oolong. I really enjoyed it.

Sipdown!

(52teas (Anne) 2022: 257)
2022 Sipdown 121/365!

Also oversteeped, but this tea fared ok. Lovely maple, nice oolong base, but the cheesecake was lost.

So I’m back. For today at least. I hadn’t had a proper cuppa in weeks and tonight I was like “You know what. It’s Tea Time Thursday!” So thus, here we are.

Without any sweetener, this tastes like a leafy oolong with a hint of maple. With the additional a single splenda however, it now tastes like a lovely pancake breakfast. However, on top of that maple pancake flavor is a bit of bitey-ness not present in other pancake blends. I like it a lot and I sort of wish I had more of this. It’s different.

Overall, I think this is a tasty maple blend. I wouldn’t necessarily say it tastes like cheesecake, but it isn’t a straight maple flavor either. It’s definitely tasty though. I recommend.

This tea is what I had always hoped DavidsTea’s Maple Syrup Oolong tasted like. The maple flavor is distinct without being too intense, and there’s a bit of creaminess from cheesecake flavor.