Ok. This is getting weird. This Kusmi tea also tastes like soda to me! This one is more like Dr Pepper with a squeeze of grapefruit. The spices just tingle on my tongue and work up my nose like carbonation bubbles. The dry leaf is intoxicating and I would be tempted to leave it out all day to let the whole room smell like it.
From the description I was expecting more citrus than there is. There is a slight citrus bite to it which I can tell has some grapefruit elements, but I was expecting more “zing” or brightness to the flavor.
There is a nice, natural vanilla in this tea, however the rest of the spices muddle together. I can’t quite distinguish them from one another- they just come at you like a wall of scent.
Honestly, I can barely taste the base through that big wall of spices. All I can tell about the base is that it is black and it’s not astringent. I have a feeling that if I had this one as a latte, I would enjoy it more- It reminds of a chai the way the spices are so strong.
