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derk drank Salted Caramel by Bigelow

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Easy to drink while hot and leans into that chicory taste pretty hard. It reminds me of artificially flavored brownies with artificially flavored caramel, also toffee-ish? Pretty mineral, too. Once it starts to cool, the mineral turns metallic and what might be perceived as a grain of salt turns into rosehip tang. The black tea doesn’t have much life.

Serviceable, barely

But If I want salted caramel, I will eat salted caramel

Because no flavored tea will ever taste like salted caramel.

Flavors: Artificial, Caramel, Chicory, Chocolate, Coconut, Metallic, Mineral, Tangy, Tea, Toffee

3 years ago

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gmathis 3 years ago

Well said. Not my favorite either but I have a few bags to power through. Milk, maybe.

derk 3 years ago

Some things a tea can’t replicate. Similarly, I have a lack of desire for fake meat. Meanwhile, my roommate can’t get enough of it. We all like different things.

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Leafhopper 3 years ago

You’ve just described why I don’t gravitate toward dessert teas. :)

gmathis 3 years ago

Well said. Not my favorite either but I have a few bags to power through. Milk, maybe.

derk 3 years ago

Some things a tea can’t replicate. Similarly, I have a lack of desire for fake meat. Meanwhile, my roommate can’t get enough of it. We all like different things.

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