Cold Brew!
Sipping this one currently and not totally sure what to make of it. The dry leaf smells delicious; very “pastry raspberry” with a bright sweetness and hint of honey/nutty aroma from the rooibos with undertones of lavender. The taste, however, is very lavender forward. It initially compliments what is a well rounded, sweet red fruit note and a nutty and mineral note heavy rooibos profile. It’s very “Rooibos de Provence” in its flavour profile, just without the typical blueberry in that composition. However, while the taste starts quite delicious it finishes a bit too lavender heavy for me – it lingers on the back of the throat, and is a smidge perfume-y.
My gut tells me it might work a bit better hot.
Ah, I didn’t know Tea Runners sourced from TeaSource. I always really liked this one. I’m really crazy for lavender, but unless they’ve changed their ratios, my warm cuppas always tasted “too light” on the lavender to me and more like strawberries ’n cream.
It gets a bit weird in terms of tea sourcing, because there’s definitely SIGNIFICANT overlap between TeaSource and Tea Runners. One possibility is that Tea Runners is buying from TeaSource, but I think the more likely is that both Tea Runners and TeaSource are buying from the same wholesaler; at least partially, anyway. I only say that because I know that, for sure, some of the TeaSource blends are catalog – but I’m not well enough equated with the entirety of what TeaSource carries to know if it’s all coming from that wholesaler or just partially. Tea Runners definitely uses at least two wholesalers that I know of though – and one overlaps with the same one I know TeaSource is purchasing from.