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drank Salted Caramel Lebkuchen by Bird & Blend Tea Co.
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Another tea from Martin :)

Before brewing, it smells just like fruity lebkuchen!

After brewing it smells more like a little caramel drizzled on lebkuchen.

But then the taste suffers horribly. It’s not bad just lacking in comparison to the delicious aroma and the body is very thin. Mostly warming ginger, with a bit of cinnamon and barely detectable clove. So it’s basically Spice tea with a little bit of tartness. I didn’t detect any salt despite the name, but as I type I can feel the salty tingle. I would think pulling off salted caramel flavor in tea to be difficult because when I bite into one, the thing I most enjoy is the distinct juxtaposition of salty and rich sweetness. In a tea, added salt would just flavor the whole cup since salt dissolves. The gingerbread and caramel flavors do make a timid appearance when I exhale through my nose.

All is not lost, but meh.
Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec 3 tsp 10 OZ / 295 ML
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Martin Bednář
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Interesting that it seems I am only one who liked it and moreover so much…
I don’t have it with me right now, I let my friend taste it as well so I gave him pouch of it. So I can’t retry it.

Shae
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Oh I loved this one! I’ve never had lebkuchen but I thought it tasted like gingerbread.

Martin Bednář
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Shae: I believe that lebkuchen should be actually same as gingerbread. Or maybe there is a difference that lebkuchen is actually softer than classic gingerbread.

Shae
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Thanks, Martin! I thought maybe it was a fruit pastry from Derek’s description but I hadn’t looked it up. This one was spot on for me then!

derk
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Yeah, the lebkuchen I’ve had is soft, like a dense but moist cookie, dotted with dried fruit.

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Martin Bednář
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Interesting that it seems I am only one who liked it and moreover so much…
I don’t have it with me right now, I let my friend taste it as well so I gave him pouch of it. So I can’t retry it.

Shae
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Oh I loved this one! I’ve never had lebkuchen but I thought it tasted like gingerbread.

Martin Bednář
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Shae: I believe that lebkuchen should be actually same as gingerbread. Or maybe there is a difference that lebkuchen is actually softer than classic gingerbread.

Shae
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Thanks, Martin! I thought maybe it was a fruit pastry from Derek’s description but I hadn’t looked it up. This one was spot on for me then!

derk
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Yeah, the lebkuchen I’ve had is soft, like a dense but moist cookie, dotted with dried fruit.

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