How utterly weird – this is so much closer to what I expected the Milk Caramel I tried yesterday to be. And may I say wow. This is a very impressive tea.
In the bag it smells like a gooey, chestnutty bread pudding. There is a toffee-like quality to it, too, which carries through right into the cup. Steeped, it’s all melty toffee and chestnut – it reminds me a lot of making ice cream; as it simmers, the custard base carries the same thick sweetness that comes through in this tea. Every sip is beautifully balanced – silky, creamy and rich.
It’s even ridiculously good cold.
This is probably the last time I’m going to review this many Lupicia teas in a row, because I feel nothing like my disdainful, tea-litist self after six of these lovefests. Read this in the meantime, lest you forget my true nature: http://steepster.com/clareborn/posts/212352
Lupicia, please marry me. Please, please, pleaaasehhhh.
[From my Lupicia order to Rome, April 2014.]
Boiling, 1 min 30.