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Showing posts with label Vanilla Caramel Truffle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vanilla Caramel Truffle. Show all posts

Friday, December 3, 2010

LIPTON Teabag Black Tea 'Vanilla Caramel Truffle'

Tea Information:
Tea: Vanilla Caramel Truffle
Type: Black Tea
Packaging: Teabag
Company: LIPTON
Purchase: Here
Description: A perfectly sweet indulgence. Delicate vanilla blends beautifully with caramel. Go ahead. You deserve it.
Ingredients: Black tea, caramel powder, corn starch, natural flavor, sunflower lecithin

Steep Information:
Amount: 1 teabag
Water: 12 ounces boiling water
Steep Time: a little over 3 minutes
Served: Hot

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: sweet vanilla
Steeped Tea Smell: caramel, vanilla
Flavor: bitter black tea, caramel
Body: Full
Aftertaste: bitter, astringent
Liquor: translucent orange-brown

Post-Steep Additives: + German rock sugar = more caramel, vanilla

Not bad, not great - works well as a quick minimal thought work tea.

Rating: 2/4 leaves


Leaf system:
1=Bleh! not again if it were free
2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options
3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out
4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing