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drank Salted Caramel Mate & Herbal Black by Stash Tea Company
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GCTTB DAY 1

Second tea I’m sampling today, this one caught my attention because I like Stash teas but I’ve never seen this one being sold in store. The concept sounds intriguing, and I figured the salted caramel theme might be appropriate for the holiday season. I only left the bag in for about 2 minutes because the tea turned dark quite quickly and I can smell a slight herbal bitterness to it (the mate?) so better safe than sorry.

The aroma does smell like caramel, but it’s mixed in with that strange ashy note that I can only assume belongs to the mate. It almost reminds be of the earthiness of puerh, but not the same type, if that makes any sense.

I couldn’t really taste the salted caramel in the tea. It was overpowered by the earthy/herbal notes that gave off a slightly ashy aroma. It was faint, and only in the background. Overall it just wasn’t for me. I didn’t really expect the flavour of mate to overwhelm everything else. I’m glad I at least didn’t leave it for be recommended 3-5 minutes!
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Evol Ving Ness 9 years ago

Arggh! I hope the rest of your tea experiences are stellar after this rough start.

Jillian 9 years ago

That was pretty much my take on that tea

Mookit 9 years ago

No worries, there is literally more tea in the box than I can probably go through in a week! I’m sure there are some great ones just waiting to be sampled.

Roswell Strange 9 years ago

Oh no! I’m sorry you didn’t like this one; it was one I added in.

MrQuackers 9 years ago

Davids tea has a salted caramel rooibos. I had it the other day. I think rooibos is a great base fir a caramel tea. It was really good.

MrQuackers 9 years ago

Correction toffee rooibos

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Evol Ving Ness 9 years ago

Arggh! I hope the rest of your tea experiences are stellar after this rough start.

Jillian 9 years ago

That was pretty much my take on that tea

Mookit 9 years ago

No worries, there is literally more tea in the box than I can probably go through in a week! I’m sure there are some great ones just waiting to be sampled.

Roswell Strange 9 years ago

Oh no! I’m sorry you didn’t like this one; it was one I added in.

MrQuackers 9 years ago

Davids tea has a salted caramel rooibos. I had it the other day. I think rooibos is a great base fir a caramel tea. It was really good.

MrQuackers 9 years ago

Correction toffee rooibos

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I joined Steepster Nov. 2/’15. I am an aspiring law student, currently studying for the LSAT. Meanwhile, I drink a lot of tea, work as a legal assistant and watch Netflix in my down time.

Ever since joining Steepster, I have tried a whole bunch new tea, met awesome people, and learned quite a lot! I am still expanding my tea horizons, currently working on exploring the oolong and puerh territories. Oolong has been a pleasant journey so far, while puerh is more rocky and uncertain. I shall keep trekking on!

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