Day 21 of the 2015 Advent Calendar that I need to finish off before December. I loved the idea of this tea the moment I heard about it because I love cardamom in desserts and I love french toast so it’s a beautiful idea.
The dry leaf smell is very cardamom-y with some garam masala notes to it. I didn’t really smell anything too french toast-like or anything but I love the smell of cardamom so it doesn’t matter. In the spoon I steeped my tea in it had quite a bit of cardamom and coriander seeds in it, so I steeped it for a bit longer to try getting more flavor out of the tea leaves themselves, and I added a little bit of milk and sugar to give it more of that dessert appeal.
The tea itself tastes pretty nice, although I find it a bit mild. I would definitely use perhaps two perfect spoons per cup next time. The taste is like it says on the tin, with a lot of cardamom being prominent with black tea notes and some cake-like taste in the back. I’m glad that David’s brought this tea back this year because I want to give it another try with some more, fresh leaf.
Overall, it’s a good tea that I think will be nice to sip over the cold winter nights coming up.
