Circle of Life

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So I didn’t expect to like this one, since it’s a rooibos base with almond flavoring. But actually, it’s really good. The tart and fruity notes really help to balance out that cloying amaretto sweetness and make for a really well-balanced tisane. It ends up bringing to mind some kind of fun, fruity cocktail with a splash of amaretto.

Not sure I’ll order it again since I rarely drink rooibos, but I would consider it.

The almond and orange and rooibos somehow mix perfectly in this tea – it’s quite delicious! I’m drinking it cold, and it’s really so refreshing and perfectly blended. The second time I had this, it was a lot more orangey than the first, which was still nice, but I did miss that awesome almond flavor. The cold resteep of this is almost as strong as the first. I’ve finished my 2 oz now, each steep different from the last, but all nice.

Iced!

For the most part, all of the blends from Trader Nick’s have been pretty good. However, I think this might actually be my favourite so far! It’s also maybe the first one that’s felt truly like something I haven’t tasted elsewhere.

The smell of the dry leaf is really mouth watering to me; it’s mostly like a sweet orange candy aroma but with hints of red fruit syrup and just a little ‘something something’ that reminds me of baked goods??

Steeped, it’s more apparent that the baked goods element I was smelling is this really sweet and wonderful amaretto/almond flavouring that’s kind of aromatic but also very dense and coating. It compliments so perfectly the other two flavours of blood orange and grenadine to combine into a sweet but surprisingly complex profile that tastes like what I’d imagine the flavour of a sunset might be, if it were to have one. Like a fun mixed cocktail, in a way, too. Or, like, an Italian soda?? It also has just a bit of brightness – mostly from the hibiscus – that helps break up the sweeter flavours, but without shattering their balance.

I am very, very into this one!