Another Toronto Tea Festival buy!
Lemon Lily had a few interesting powders this year that I picked up, but aside from that this was the only LLT they had that caught my eye. Mostly because there was just so much maple sugar in the blend!
I made a giant mug of it a few nights ago and it was a little different than expected, but still very pleasant. More rooibos forward than I’d have imagined and despite such a large quantity of maple sugar the flavour was actually somewhat gentle and definitely not too sweet at all. As a first impression it was perhaps a smidge underwhelming but I think that’s because I had high expectations. My opinion after finishing the whole mug what that I could easily see this being the kind of tea that has a softer initial impression but ends up quickly being a long-term favourite because of the reliable flavour and the fact it’s not intense enough as to only fit very specific moods.