Knocking out another Design A Tea single serve sample. This one is orange spice. I could swear I had this one before but maybe not.
Orange and spice in black tea is one of my favorite flavor profiles. It also reminds me of the holidays. Remember when you were a kid and you would stick whole cloves into oranges to make a decorative and great smelling thing to hang up at Christmas? The first smell of this leaf reminded me of that.
There were whole pieces of orange peel in there, and that was nice too. The flavor of the tea is fine, I get more clove than anything, and it’s a bit astringent at their suggested 4 minute steeping time (although the tea isn’t terribly strong). It’s another itty bitty tea packet out of the basket though, so it feels like progress.
