Blackcurrant - Cardamom

2024 sipdown no. 2

Martin thoughtfully sent this my way since he knows me so well! Blackcurrant and cardamom? Delightful!

The blackcurrant is really lovely and there’s a sweetness here (more in scent than taste). The chokecherry adds a hint of tartness that is almost imperceptible, but still there. The cardamom falls toward the back and I have to concentrate to find it — interesting since there was a whole cardamom pod in the dry leaf. I do wish it was a bit more balanced, but a unique cup that I’m quite happy to have had the opportunity to try.

This is an interesting flavour profile, which isn’t for everyone I think. Black currant and chokeberry makes quite tart flavour profile, but nice and good black tea compensates that well and cardamom adds that interesting twist, which isn’t that expected in this style of tea.

My cup today was faily weak in cardamom, but I see quite a lots of pods in the pouch. It was pretty much straightforward blackcurrant tea, with pleasant tartness. I will hope later steeps will be a bit more spicy.

As I wrote in first paragraph, black tea is good one, by my experience I don’t think it is pure Ceylon base, but I guess a little of malty Indian teas is in too. Not only by the taste of it, but also by the colour of the used leaf, which contained a few brighter leaves thank steeped brown Ceylon. It wasn’t the cornflower for sure.