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“Another one from the winter subscription, and my first time trying one of Old Barrel’s mixed blends. At first I thought they hadn’t mixed this, because all I could see through the clear lid was the...” Read full tasting note
crisp apple ∙ pastry sweetness
This blend is inspired by the classic New Mexican pastry: the empanada! It tastes like an apple dessert with just a hint of spicy ginger. This blend is perfect to drink in colder months as it has quite the warming effect! It can soothe an upset stomach and works to reduce inflammation.
Ingredients: honeybush tea, red rooibos, apple pieces, cinnamon chips, dried ginger root and natural flavors
Another one from the winter subscription, and my first time trying one of Old Barrel’s mixed blends.
At first I thought they hadn’t mixed this, because all I could see through the clear lid was the ginger root. But just due to the difference in size and density, even if I dump it into another container, all of the honeybush immediately falls to the bottom, leaving the dried ginger pieces up top. Makes it a bit annoying to try to portion out a scoop that has a good ratio of ingredients tbh.
To me, this has too much ginger. In my experience, their Apple Empanada doesn’t have a strong apple flavor in the first place, so here I’m mostly tasting a lot of ginger with an undercurrent of rooibos/honeybush and a bit of cinnamon. I’m not surprised, as just looking at the dry leaf, it looked like a lot of ginger to me (which makes sense, if this is a 50/50 mixture). I think next time I’ll try mixing this with plain Apple Empanada, to reduce the amount of ginger overall. 75/25 sounds like more of a reasonable ratio to me.
Flavors: Cinnamon, Earthy, Ginger, Spicy, Woody
