Bird & Blend Advent Day 6 (6-December 2020)
Lex and I are in agreement with amandastory516 and Martin here: the dry tea smells like mustard. Bizarre.
The tea goes a lovely blue colour from the pea flowers here, which is always fun. The spearmint is the most prominent flavour to me, but it’s actually quite subtle. There’s perhaps a hint of jasmine? I can’t say for sure. The stevia is thankfully not really present in the taste — phew!
We both feel kind of meh about this tea. I think we can both safely say this one is sadly not enjoyable. However, I do like the fun colour!
On the plus side, I made espresso rye toast with lingonberry jam and blueberry chocolate jam. All these jam advents got me like.
Comments
This seems like mostly a gimmick tea based on the description…
And YAASSS jam, I love lingonberry! Is the blueberry chocolate one a spread like Nutella? I am intrigued.
Here it is: https://www.enjoyworthy.com/product/chocolate-blueberry-jam
Lingonberry is so good! I have it on so many things haha!
It is actually amazing. I’m so happy we grabbed it on whim. I think they might — I went to check out and the I had to change the country from the US to Canada haha!
This recipe could probably be made with only blueberries and you could try coconut oil instead of butter. http://www.alwaysorderdessert.com/2014/02/mixed-berry-cocoa-jam.html
How interesting that you picked up on a mustard scent! I got a hotdog scent and flavour out of this that I just couldn’t explain – but reading this makes me feel a little less crazy, and it’s definitely got that zingy tanginess of mustard in there. It’s a strange relief to finally put one’s finger on something so unexpected. Thanks for sharing your tasting note; I really thought my experience was a random anomaly!
This seems like mostly a gimmick tea based on the description…
And YAASSS jam, I love lingonberry! Is the blueberry chocolate one a spread like Nutella? I am intrigued.
Here it is: https://www.enjoyworthy.com/product/chocolate-blueberry-jam
Lingonberry is so good! I have it on so many things haha!
Oh wow it’s blueberry with a hint of cocoa, THAT SOUNDS SO GOOD!
In fact all of these sound amazing, I wonder if they ship to the US…
It is actually amazing. I’m so happy we grabbed it on whim. I think they might — I went to check out and the I had to change the country from the US to Canada haha!
$25 for shipping… T.T
Oh no! :(
This recipe could probably be made with only blueberries and you could try coconut oil instead of butter. http://www.alwaysorderdessert.com/2014/02/mixed-berry-cocoa-jam.html
How interesting that you picked up on a mustard scent! I got a hotdog scent and flavour out of this that I just couldn’t explain – but reading this makes me feel a little less crazy, and it’s definitely got that zingy tanginess of mustard in there. It’s a strange relief to finally put one’s finger on something so unexpected. Thanks for sharing your tasting note; I really thought my experience was a random anomaly!