Maple Apple Cider

Sipdown #24

The dry leaf aroma is interesting because I feel like I can smell every ingredient in the list: sickly sweet rooibos, maple, caramel, apple, cinnamon, and nutmeg. I didn’t realize this tea was a rooibos blend when I picked up a sample teabag. I’m not really a fan of its medicinal taste. But I’m willing to give it another chance!

The flavor is VERY strongly rooibos. The apple and maple notes are about equal. The cinnamon and nutmeg are surprisingly absent. If apple cider and rooibos tea had a kid, this cup is what that kid would taste like. Okay, that came off a little more cannibalistic than I had intended. :P

If you love rooibos, this is probably a stellar tea for you! But I’m sadly still not a fan of this red bush tea. So feel free to ignore my low rating and grab a sample of this to see for yourself!

I received a sample of this from MirandaGou in our swap. Thank you!

I had this today at work. I somehow missed the maple apple part. When I was sipping it I kept thinking man this taste a little nutty. Although nutty doesn’t really hint at the maple. This was nice. Very juicy Not something I need to drink again, but I was glad I got to try it. Thank you!

Snagged another bag of this one from an office tea selection. I’ll write more next time but I like this one. The hibiscus doesn’t take over or make it overly tart. It’s woody but also reminiscent of oatmeal more so than a mug of cider. I think of cider as being sweeter and sometimes spice heavy. This tea reminded me more of a maple apple cinnamon crisp or oatmeal. Definitely, very rooibos heavy in terms of taste once it goes cold though. This is one I enjoy snagging a bag of every now and then but don’t crave it enough to buy a box.

Bought this one on a whim at the grocery store, the flavor combination sounded too good to pass up, and I’ve been enjoying rooibos blends lately. Pleasantly surprised that the teabags inside the box are individually wrapped!

I was a little worried looking at the ingredients because of the hibiscus, and I saw quite a bit of pinkish red coming out of the bag while it was steeping.

Luckily, the hibiscus doesn’t take over here. If anything, it supplements the somewhat tart apply flavor that is the star. I also get quite a bit of sweet maple, which the tartness also tempers nicely and keeps from being cloying. It’s not the most natural-tasting maple in the world, but honestly I’m not bothered by it. It reminds me a bit of maple brown sugar instant oatmeal, which I’ve enjoyed in the past.

I do get a tad bit of cinnamon, and a lovely oat-y pastry note, I assume from the rooibos? So for me, this comes off as a slighty tarter apple crumble, with cinnamon and oats from the crumble topping.

I’m very happy with this, especially for the price and convenience of a teabag. And the fact that they’re individually wrapped is an added bonus.

This was part of a package sent by a friend. It sounded so good! Didn’t enjoy it much. It smelled okay. I could smell the maple and the apple, and I thought it would be a nice after supper tea to enjoy while I knitted. But the flavor was flat. There just wasn’t anything super appealing about it. Maybe it was old. it is not one I will go out of my way to have again.

Steeped my last bag, and I don’t think I’m particularly sorry to see it go. I’m sure age had something to do with it (the tea, not me. Or maybe both), but the apple was AWOL. Nice maple scent, but without a little fruit to provide a good buffer, it didn’t mesh well with the rooibos. On to bigger and better things.

The smell of maple was overwhelming (almost sickening) and only aromatic, I didn’t taste much maple in the tea. Overall it wasn’t very good. I’ll be giving the rest of it away.

Woody, sweet rooibos base. Flavours of maple syrup, brown sugar, green apple, cinnamon/mulling spice, wood.

It’s like tea made of cinnamon apple oatmeal. So good!!

Very bad flavour, the maple seemed artificial and none of the flavours seemed to blend together. Being a Canadian, I was expecting this to be a lot more tasty than what it was. I expect more out of you Stash Tea Company ;)