Apologies for the long silence. Life happens.
Today's tasting is from the Cuppa Cake Teas line made by Republic of Tea: Cuppa Cake Tea Lemon Chiffon. It bills itself as caffeine-free green rooibos with lemon, vanilla and coconut.
I'd never heard of green rooibos. After doing a little research, I found that "green" rooibos is rooibos treated according to the same method as green tea leaves. I like it far better than the usual red rooibos, which I find has an unpleasant chalky undertone.
The Lemon Chiffon is an odd tea. I know what it wants to be -- a sort of liquid lemon meringue pie. It does and doesn't quite achieve that. There's something missing, at least for me. There should be a richer, more golden flavor here. It's one of the few teas that I find needs a little bit of sweetening in order to achieve its best flavor when I drink it hot. If iced, the flavor profile tends more towards the coconut and I don't need sweetener.
All in all, my jury is still out on this tea. I want to experiment with adding some agave syrup or other kinds of sweetener and see how those play out.
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