Bonfire Toffee

Backlog from Saturday

Mmmmm this smells so sweet & toffee like.
It tastes delicious too. Sweet, but not overly so & definitely toffee. There’s no smoke here, which I’m usually scared about, but was really looking forward to it, in this one.
As it cooled it maintained the toffee flavours, and developed some smokyness, I really wish there was more of that.
I find the black base on this quite light.

It was ok. I’m not sure how I feel about the smokey smell / flavor. I drank it with milk and it grew on me, but not a favorite.

I spent a week and a half in Wales this summer, mostly in the countryside, but I also was in Cardiff for a few days. I had totally forgotten that B&B has a storefront there! So despite traveling really light and not having much room in my carefully packed 28L backpack, I bought a couple 20g sample bags to take home.

This was one I hadn’t tried yet and I gotta say, I’m digging it! Maybe it’s because I am READY for fall, but — it’s really nice! I do get both toffee and apple (more the latter), and then a very inoffensive hint of smoke. Nothing too complex, but enough to get the job done. Super satisfying and cozy!

Sip Down & Backlog

The tea leaf reminded me of burnt toast and apple jam. However, the flavors were more balanced and less off-putting than I was expecting with the aroma. There were mild notes of caramel, clothes after a bonfire, smoke, and BBQ fruit.

I have forgotten who needs to be credited for my little sample of Bonfire Toffee—I will ponder and make amends soon. With that said, this is a very, very cool combination of smoke and cider that doesn’t like burnt bacon. Enjoying in my office, but I may take the last teaspoon home so I can try with milk.

Another B&B tea that contains lapsang – when will I learn? I do get hints of toffee in some sips, but it’s mostly the too-smoky lapsang (though less lapsang than in some of their other blends). If it were just black tea, I’d enjoy this toffee flavor, but the smokiness doesn’t work for me. It’s too strong, and the toffee is too mild. I’ll pass along the rest of this, but I wouldn’t mind trying a different toffee tea from them in the future!

Another mindless meeting tea. I finished off the last of this bag but still have an unopened pouch waiting for me when I’m ready for another cup. This is a good one.

After some kind of hiccup of our dear Steepster, I am writing a note for this tea from
Shae’s ADVENT CALENDAR, December 17

Apparently this tea is one of teas I wanted to try, so I am lucky having a small pouch with me now. Thanks Shae, was it intention or lucky accident? Anyway, I am not THAT happy when I smelled it.

It is quite smoky for me, which is putting me bit off track. And apples, but no toffee. Now, after I took two teaspoons, I think I notice intended toffee. Maybe it just needed to breath a bit? Dunno.

Anyway, I again prepared my tea in 300 ml.
It was alright; there was some smokiness, bold black tea, baked apples in bonfire, but overall everthing somehow muted. The apples were like ash-y a bit? At least in taste; maybe my brain is fooling with me with that smokiness.

I would like something more brisk. I think in theory this tea is amazing, but unfortunately, something is lacking.

Photo: https://flic.kr/p/2khQ6ky — I really like the safflower. It looks like small flames!

Wonderful aroma from the zip bag – just like a very high quality pipe tobacco. A hint of smoke (much lower than in the pure lapsang souchong), caramel, toffee, dried apples.
Very rich, complex aroma after steeping, with mellow smokiness, caramel, toffee, burnt sugar, fruit pie and burnt twigs.
And the taste? Slight sweetness that really complements the rest, smoke, maltiness, earthiness of the good base black tea.
That’s exactly my kind of a flavoured black tea. I would like some more of the smoke character, but it’s still great.

This was one of last week’s samples from the B&B advent calendar. I was really interested by the name. I have had a few smoky teas that I really enjoyed (Winter Cabin Chai by 52Teas, for one ) and I expected this to be like those. However, I didn’t really get the smokiness I expected. In fact, I didnt’ get much of anything. I bet if I had a sense of smell I would have picked up on the toffee and other scents and flavors. But I don’t, so I didn’t. All in all, a bit of a disappointment for me. Still glad I got to try it though.