+Wendy Marques brought me some raspberry-flavored sugar (sugar and raspberry puree) from The Spice and Tea Exchange some time ago, but I had forgotten about it. Today, I decided to try it in some Assam.
I don't usually like sweetened tea. I like tea to taste like tea. However, one-half teaspoon of the raspberry sugar in 12 oz. of strong Assam managed to invigorate the flavor without being overly sweet. It didn't have the artificial teeth-smarting sweetness that makes sweet tea so unpleasant to me. Yes, it was sweet, but almost daintily so. It tasted more like I'd crushed a raspberry into the brew than like I'd added too much sugar.
The Spice and Tea Exchange website has a number of other flavored sugars for sale. Next time I have some free cash to spend on tea-related things, I'm going to order some more for taste-testing.
Ooh, they also carry teas. Definitely an excellent find.
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