I kicked off the morning with this one. As it was steeping, I began to realize I smelled something an awful lot like children’s cough syrup. Oh right… the grenadine! When sipping the really hot tea, I couldn’t get past the smell. Then… I had a granola bar with chocolate chips in it. As I sipped the really warm tea between bites, it became a really good cup of tea! Then, once the bar was gone, it was a bit off again. So, lesson learned: always have chocolate with this tea. That’s a win-win-win for me! :)
People who liked this
Comments
Hi Lauren, I have this one at home (through the Metropolitan Tea Company wholesaler). You’re so right – it definitely needs some sort of help to turn it into something great. Either food, or cream & sugar gives it the flavor live it needs. I believe this one is Ceylon based tea, so the Grenadine can easily over-power the taste of the tea if not balanced properly. I like your chocolate add too! Perhaps you can through some chocolate chips with the tea into the pot to make your own mixture so you don’t have to have it with a chocolate granola bar every time. Then again you might not want to forgo the bar! :)
Amyb, good to know!! I’ll have to experiment with cream and sugar in the near future… but the chocolate chips idea sounds fantastic, too. The only problem with that is I’m going to have to wait to get home to try one of these variations! :)
Hi Lauren, I have this one at home (through the Metropolitan Tea Company wholesaler). You’re so right – it definitely needs some sort of help to turn it into something great. Either food, or cream & sugar gives it the flavor live it needs. I believe this one is Ceylon based tea, so the Grenadine can easily over-power the taste of the tea if not balanced properly. I like your chocolate add too! Perhaps you can through some chocolate chips with the tea into the pot to make your own mixture so you don’t have to have it with a chocolate granola bar every time. Then again you might not want to forgo the bar! :)
Amyb, good to know!! I’ll have to experiment with cream and sugar in the near future… but the chocolate chips idea sounds fantastic, too. The only problem with that is I’m going to have to wait to get home to try one of these variations! :)