1 bag for 250mL water @95C, steeped three minutes 30 seconds, drunk bare.
So sometime in the past I gave this blend a terrible rating. Maybe I steeped it too long. Maybe I burnt it with too-hot water. I dunno. I spotted this tea in the supermarket this morning and, having forgotten I’d tried it before, decided to buy it. By accident, I used 95C water.
Well now.
Gentle black tea — unlike Stash’s regular Chai, which I find a bit harsh — gorgeous balance of spices and an almost creamy mouthfeel. My workplace now smells great. The rum flavouring blends nicely with the gingerbread flavouring.
Not an everyday tea for me but most welcome on a particularly cold and frosty morning. I expect this would be most agreeable with milk and sugar, but it certainly doesn’t need either.
