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
Oh, that one sounds really nice.