The very last one from the Studio sampler! Inspired, of course, by Kiki’s Delivery Service.
I saved this one for last because it sounded good to me – it has barley and toasted rice and other fun things in it. However, I’m finding it mostly tastes like ginger and hojicha. The ginger is quite strong, and has the earthy flavor of dried ginger root. Then behind it I can taste a bit of the roasty hoji-kukicha. Sadly I don’t taste barley or rice, or anything resembling vanilla flavoring.
So a bit disappointed, maybe I just got a lot of ginger in my sample? It’s certainly overwhelming all the other flavors. In general, I haven’t been enamored with any of these Friday Afternoon teas – it seems their teas and my tastes just might not be a good match. Oh well, can’t love them all!
Flavors: Autumn Leaf Pile, Dry Leaves, Earthy, Ginger, Roasted, Spicy, Toasty