Brand: David's Tea
Primary Type: Maté
Dry Scent: This smells like honey, unsurprisingly. Actually, let's be more exact here: This smells like delicate orange blossom honey. If you're a long-time Lushie (as I am) this will remind you very strongly of the sadly now defunct Honey Lumps bath bomb, or B Never shower gel. Very, very natural honey scent, not toffee-honey or commercial honey.
Steeping Time: 5-7 min + (I've been steeping this up to 15 min for my throat this week)
Steeped Flavour: Mmm...sweet honey! Still very floral honey though, definitely orange blossom honey. There's a hint of earthiness from the maté and sunny warmth from the rooibos, but the overall effect is that of honey, and I find it very soothing. It almost makes me think of sweet honey cakes or baklava.
Food/Drink Pairings: This goes nicely any time of day, and probably would go nicely even with main courses, but it is best paired with dessert. Especially things like poundcake. This tea ices extremely well, and can be diluted to quite a degree after brewing and the floral honey is still evident in the water. Done this way it is extremely refreshing, and if, for example, you tend to take a bottle of water with you while exercising, adding just a little Honey Bee to the water is something you might enjoy very much.
Rating out of Six Tails:
6/6
Buy/Don't Buy
This is definitely one of my "must have on hand at all times" teas. If for no other reason than because it is so incredibly versatile! Well, that, and it's just so tasty, of course.
No comments:
Post a Comment