Banoffee Pie

Thank you very much for sharing, AJRimmer!  I’m always looking for a great banana tea.  This is and might be in the running for the favorite from PudTea from many Steepsterers.  The banana is THERE in the flavor and not a fake candy type of banana.  Very good.  Also hints of vanilla and something that could even translate to pie crust or graham cracker. The black tea is light, but if the flavor is accurate, I don’t mind so much.  I was a bit worried that the apple would translate to the cup, but this doesn’t taste like apple at all. I didn’t really taste raisins or dates, but they might have the banana flavoring too. It’s surprising magic that these ingredients can even taste like this. The second steep is even better – liquefied banana and even more of the graham cracker.  It tastes just like a smoothie I make with graham crackers.  Even more amazing is the no stevia!  Look at what is possible, tea companies! 
Steep #1  // 1 1/2  teaspoons for full mug // 21 minutes after boiling  // 3 minute steep
Steep #2  // just boiled //  6 minute steep

Aw man, this blend must be pretty heavy because there’s only enough for one more serving in here – I’ll definitely savor it! It smells great, just like cooked banana. The flavor is totally like caramelized banana too! I’m nervous to add milk because I don’t want to drown out the great banana flavor – but what if it only enhances it?! Yeah, adding milk transforms it into banana pudding. Very tasty. The resteep was strong and full of banana as well. This is the only Pudtea blend I’d really recommend, and if they come back, I’m totally buying a large amount of it. It might be the best banana tea I’ve tried.

I’ve never had banoffee so no idea what it should taste like but this was the most caramel creamy deliciousness ever. Over the top, but I’d have more lol

This is, hands down, the best tea I’ve tried from Pud Tea so far!

In fact, when I steeped this up I was so excited by it that I almost burned what I was making for supper messaging VariaTEA to try and get her to also steep it up right away! I don’t think her experience was as magical as mine, but this was the kind of cup of tea for me that was so good I almost teared up…

We all know that I love a good banana tea, and the way the banana come across in this tea is INSANE – in the best way. To be clear, I’ve never had Banoffee Pie and based on my understanding of it I actually don’t think that this is accurate to that – but what it did taste like was the kind of amazing banana pudding that my Grandmother used to make for us! It was the kind made from real bananas and often had big chunks of unmashed bananas in it, and what I loved about it (though I do love the more artificial boxed banana puddings too) was that it was sweet and creamy with this caramelized sugar note but also very authentically banana flavoured, and bananas when they’re perfectly ripe too! It might be tied as my favourite dessert that she made for us on the regular, with the other dessert being her Angel Food Cake.

So when I tried this tea I was immediately taken back to this really nostalgic place of being a small child eating bowls of amazing banana pudding after summer swimming lessons and picking vegetables and raspberries in her garden.

Aside from being the best banana pudding flavour in a tea that I’ve ever experienced, there was also this delicious graham cracker note as well – like the kind of sweetened graham cracker crust that’s the bottom of a very good slice of cheesecake.

It all came together so magically for me that if nothing else from Pud Tea ends up being mind blowing it’ll still have been a worthwhile order for me just to get to experience that pudding again!

Latte Sipdown (288)

I was inspired by AJRimmer to make this as a latte and what a brilliant plan that was. It’s such a good latte! Cooked banana deliciousness. Bananas Foster if you will. Caramelized, sweet, deliciously cooked banana. Not exactly banoffee pie but close enough and I am left oh. so. happy. Bumping the rating from 78 and super sad that I am saying goodbye to this blend! If Pudtea comes back, I will want a whole lot of this blend!!

Also, Happy Birthday Roswell Strange!!!! My brother loves all things banana so instead of cake, he gets things like Banana Pudding or Banoffee Pie for his birthday. Fitting that I would finish this blend, one Ros really enjoys, on her birthday!!!