Today, I served this for a birthday afternoon tea-esque (cup)cake party. Paired with all that frosting it seemed almost indecent; a kind of Marie Antoinette sumptuousness colliding with the explosive unpredictability of the Mad Hatter. I do adore this tea. Boiling, 5 min
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Rouge Provence – Mariage Frères
I can’t quite explain this tea. I stumbled over the just-opened Mariage Frères store in London in the fall. I sniffed my way through everything they had. I definitely wasn’t going to buy another rooibos. The only thing I walked away with was this. What gives, Gluttonette? I gifted the one I bought to a …
Goji tranbär (Goji Cranberry) – Tehörnan
What I wrote about basic, everyday rooibos teas in this post is applicable here as well: http://gluttonette.com/?p=277 This was my go-to rooibos in the fall, and consequently I have only just a little left. I thought I’d top this canister right up again, but after drinking it nearly back-to-back with the champagne and cream from the …
Vanilla Rhubarb – Friggs
Oh, this poor tea. Forgotten at the back of the cupboard. Best before July 2012. Then again, the bags are individually packed in plastic, and what could possibly be better than some half-stale, artificially flavoured rooibos in the evening? It’s organic, after all! Flavour wise, very wet cardboard. That might just be age, though, but …
Champagne Grädd Rooibos (Champagne & Cream Rooibos) – Tehörnan
When I first started out seriously drinking tea (and by that I mean actually emptying the cup, rather than pretending to sip and making faces of disgust when no one was looking) it was always rooibos, and always to accompany something else. So when I find myself drinking straight-forward, sturdy rooibos these days, it’s always …
Thé du Hammam Rooibos – Le Palais des Thés
This is a fairly sophisticated rooibos. The berry flavour is very prominent nose wise, but the tea itself tastes far more of (bitter) almond, in my opinion. It’s a nice, full flavour, though it seems to kick in the most by far in the aftertaste. There’s a creamy vanillaesque roundness to top it all off. …