Sipped on this one tonight, and it was… alright.
It smells quite good in the pouch – sweet and spicy cinnamon, ginger, maple and a hint of something fruity. It seemed like it had all the bells and whistles to be a good gingerbread profile. Steeped up, it’s a nice tea but there are a few things that detract from it fitting my personal idea of what a good Gingerbread tea is. To start, there’s a surprising amount of spice/heat to the ginger – of course, I expect ginger in gingerbread but usually more of a warming and sweet ginger versus a ginger with real heat to it. It’s also very maple forward and while I do enjoy the ginger and maple flavour combination it’s not exactly what I think of for Gingerbread.
I’ve said it time and time again and I will likely continue to say it for many years to come, but a good gingerbread profile needs a warmth to it from the spices but it should also have a dense/darker sweetness – something like a brown sugar/molasses flavour. The maple is a little too sweet in my opinion, and not heavy enough to properly convey my perfect gingerbread profile. The ginger/maple/hint of currant mix here? Yummy! And I think to many people it will fit the concept – I’m just personally super particular about this specific flavour profile.