Canadian "Blueberry Tea" is not really

During our trip to Nova Scotia this past weekend, I encountered something called "blueberry tea."  It was described to me as standard black hot tea mixed with a combination of liquors that caused it to taste like blueberry.   I didn't have occasion to try the blueberry tea at Friday night's dinner, but I couldn't pass it up when we saw it a second time on Saturday.

So, along with +Lisa Goldthwaite , +Jody Livingston and +Clark Wright , we ordered the blueberry tea as an experiment.  It was an experiment of dubious success.

The liquors added to the tea in this instance were Grand Marnier and Amaretto.  In no portion of this universe should the combination of Grand Marnier and Amaretto taste anything like blueberry.   And, for the most part, it did not.   +Jody Livingston  and +Clark Wright noticed some blueberry aftertaste and a little blueberry in the aroma.  I caught the slight hint of blueberry in the aroma, but the taste was all tea and almond from the Amaretto.   The drink was improved by icing, but it still did not taste like blueberry enough to qualify as "blueberry tea."

In hindsight, I likely should have steeped the tea for longer.  It was Tetley, so I probably could have steeped it for 5 minutes instead of 3, without its becoming undrinkable.

The failure of the blueberry tea experiment led us to a discussion of what other types of alcoholic teas might be worth concocting.  We have a few ideas that we will test out over the course of the winter.