Snickerdoodle Rooibos

This is one of the samples I received this month in my gifted Tea Runners subscription box! When I smelled the dry leaf I was intrigued and the soft warming cinnamon notes definitely leaned towards more of that bakery note, so it seemed promising! My main thought was that it didn’t seem to have enough of that caramel/sugar cookie kind of quality that is the other main thing I associate with Snickerdoodles aside from the cinnamon.

However, once this was steeped my opinion definitely changed. This is actually very sweet – I guess from all the sweet blackberry leaf used but maybe the flavourings as well. It’s got the perfect type of cinnamon and that sweetness does fill in the gaps I was missing from the aroma – but it’s a tad intense. I think next time I would steep this for a shorter period of time. I see a lot of promise with this blend though, and with time and getting to know the sample better I could see it being a really nice sweet evening rooibos option!