First off… When I bought this taster, I thought eww, just didn’t sound like it should be a tea. Yeah, yeah. lol I do love sticky buns though, what the heck, I’ll try it. Curiosity.
I love it. I think it’s top 3 of my favorite 52Teas. It’s a mixture of “organic black teas: Yunnan, Assam & Ceylon.” and some Lapsang Souchong. It has a very light aroma of bacon but the mixture of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, pancake and maple notes just blended together so well. It was like drinking a good pancake breakfast with bacon and maple syrup. So funny but it was delicious. It’s vegan bacon bits for you vegans out there just in case you’re wondering.
I’m about as shocked as can be considering what I thought when I first ordered it. I had it last week and tried it again today to make sure. I’m sure now.
Flavors: Cinnamon, Cloves, Maple Syrup, Nutmeg, Smoked
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!!!! I’m excited for this one, moreso now because of your review. I don’t think I’ve ever had success with bacon in tea.
hehe It just sounds so weird, right? lol I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
I’ve always wanted to try bacon tea, but every one always has lapsang souchong in it and that’s one of my migraine triggers, so I haven’t been able to try one yet. I doubt I’ll ever find one I can have since bacon typically = smoke for most people and unfortunately smoke = headache for me. Sad. Glad to hear it was awesome though!
@Mastress Alita, when you reach a point where you’re ready to swap again remind me that you want to try bacon teas – I have lots of 52Tea’s Pineapple Bacon Rooibos (one of my favourite 52Teas blends) and it’s a Lapsang free bacon tea!! I’d be happy to pass on a couple cups.
:( Mastress Alita… I hope you can find one that doesn’t have lapsang souchong then. Looks like Roswell will hook you up with one though. :D
@Mastress Alita – I’m sorry to hear that Lapsang Souchong affects you that way. The first few times I tried it, I didn’t care for it at all – it took me a while to find a brewing method that worked for me to drink it. Here, there’s really just a small amount of Lapsang but if it’s a migraine trigger, I wouldn’t recommend it even in a small amount because I’ve had more than a few migraines and they are something I don’t care to endure ever again.
On that note, I don’t know if anyone has any of the Maple Bacon tea out there – but that one does not have Lapsang Souchong in it. (And as @Roswell Strange mentions, neither does the Pineapple Bacon.)
Ya, smoke (of any kind) is one of my migraine triggers and the first time I tried lapsang souchong (one a vacation, no less!) I got one of the worst migraines ever and spent the rest of the day confined to my hotel in the dark. Won’t touch the stuff now. I can drink the “unsmoked” wild variety and that is one of my favorite teas, though! But the ones that have gone through the pine-smoked processing I can’t handle at all. Teas that have a natural, subtle “smoky” note but haven’t been “smoked” (say, a Keemun) I don’t have any issue with. I think it has something to do with the strong wafting aroma. Chronic migraineurs can be really sensitive to certain smells sometimes.
I can’t do tea exchanges to Canada (or anywhere international for that matter) unfortunately (dat shipping!) though I do sincerely appreciate the offer and have put that one on my watch list in case it ever gets reblended! I honestly have never seen any bacon blends that didn’t have lapsang in them so it’s good to know there are some out there… I’ll keep my eyes peeled! (I know B&B had a vegan bacon blend not long ago too, but it also had lapsang in it).
I don’t know if it’s something that they’re still carrying, but Tickled Tea had an Apple Bacon Rooibos (or something along those lines) that was alright, and Lapsang free as far as I can recall.
!!!! I’m excited for this one, moreso now because of your review. I don’t think I’ve ever had success with bacon in tea.
hehe It just sounds so weird, right? lol I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
I’ve always wanted to try bacon tea, but every one always has lapsang souchong in it and that’s one of my migraine triggers, so I haven’t been able to try one yet. I doubt I’ll ever find one I can have since bacon typically = smoke for most people and unfortunately smoke = headache for me. Sad. Glad to hear it was awesome though!
@Mastress Alita, when you reach a point where you’re ready to swap again remind me that you want to try bacon teas – I have lots of 52Tea’s Pineapple Bacon Rooibos (one of my favourite 52Teas blends) and it’s a Lapsang free bacon tea!! I’d be happy to pass on a couple cups.
:( Mastress Alita… I hope you can find one that doesn’t have lapsang souchong then. Looks like Roswell will hook you up with one though. :D
@Mastress Alita – I’m sorry to hear that Lapsang Souchong affects you that way. The first few times I tried it, I didn’t care for it at all – it took me a while to find a brewing method that worked for me to drink it. Here, there’s really just a small amount of Lapsang but if it’s a migraine trigger, I wouldn’t recommend it even in a small amount because I’ve had more than a few migraines and they are something I don’t care to endure ever again.
On that note, I don’t know if anyone has any of the Maple Bacon tea out there – but that one does not have Lapsang Souchong in it. (And as @Roswell Strange mentions, neither does the Pineapple Bacon.)
Ya, smoke (of any kind) is one of my migraine triggers and the first time I tried lapsang souchong (one a vacation, no less!) I got one of the worst migraines ever and spent the rest of the day confined to my hotel in the dark. Won’t touch the stuff now. I can drink the “unsmoked” wild variety and that is one of my favorite teas, though! But the ones that have gone through the pine-smoked processing I can’t handle at all. Teas that have a natural, subtle “smoky” note but haven’t been “smoked” (say, a Keemun) I don’t have any issue with. I think it has something to do with the strong wafting aroma. Chronic migraineurs can be really sensitive to certain smells sometimes.
I can’t do tea exchanges to Canada (or anywhere international for that matter) unfortunately (dat shipping!) though I do sincerely appreciate the offer and have put that one on my watch list in case it ever gets reblended! I honestly have never seen any bacon blends that didn’t have lapsang in them so it’s good to know there are some out there… I’ll keep my eyes peeled! (I know B&B had a vegan bacon blend not long ago too, but it also had lapsang in it).
I don’t know if it’s something that they’re still carrying, but Tickled Tea had an Apple Bacon Rooibos (or something along those lines) that was alright, and Lapsang free as far as I can recall.