Almond Sugar Cookie

Since I had the ATR Brioche tea this morning I thought I’d try this one to see if it tasted similar because of the almonds. They look a lot alike, the S&V has more almond slivers though. The Almond Sugar Cookie is a nice tea, the almond taste is good but if I need to pick one almond tea I would take the Brioche because it seemed sweeter and I liked the cinnamon. The tea base was stronger and slightly more astringent in the Almond Sugar Cookie.

Forgot to add that I got this from swapping with moraiwe :) Many Thanks!

It smells nicely like almonds dry, I get more of cookie scent brewed.

The flavour is nice, and sweet. Almondy, without tasting like marzipan.

This was a very cloudy looking brew, more like coffee than tea. This has a very “thick” feel. Sweet and tasty. Can definitely taste the almond. This begs to be had after a Chinese meal. Reminds me so very much of the almond cookies – only better! Second steep was not as flavorful, though I may have, as is my tendency, brewed pretty strong on the first steep.

Almost as sweet as an almond cookie even without sweetner, I can only imagine the decadence of this cup with sugar or honey (I take neither with my tea usually, so dessert teas need to do a lot to impress me). Simpson & Vail make some of the best dessert teas around, and though the background tea isn’t the best, the foreground of flavors makes up for it.

Received this as a generous shared sample from ashmanra, and am so grateful! The balance of vanilla and nuttiness was good, and there were intact slivers of almond in the dry leaf! I enjoyed all 3 sessions with it, finding that no re-steep was as good as the first infusion, probably because the bar was already so high. When sugared and milky, the tea really became a dessert worth the calories. I’m so glad I was able to try this, and I may begin exploring other S & V products now that I know how they are! Thanks again, tea-friend!

January 3 Sipdown Challenge Prompt – J.R.R. Tolkien Day

Today we were supposed to have tea with a hobbit meal…but I forgot. My daughter texted me as we were on the way to pick up Sam’s thyroid meds (like his wolf ancestors) at the vet office, so I missed my opportunity to do Second Breakfast. Never mind! Afternoon tea it is!

To make it more hobbitlike, I used an old pewter pot I inherited from my godmother and two clay cups. I prepared a plate of gingersnaps and we ate them outside on a blanket in the grass. It was a chilly day but very nice as long as you were out of the wind and in the sun.

I narrowed down the 140+ choices to two and told Ashman to pick from those two, and he chose this one. It was what I expected the Cookie Monster to do.

This resteeps nicely so we had a nice big pot to share and plenty to go with our cookies. I like this one very much and I am a bit torn as to whether I prefer this or Almond Black. I think this one might be more up the Ashman’s alley, while Almond Black edges ahead just ever so slightly for me. It really is a powerhouse of almond flavor, whereas this one is a nice mix of the almond and cookie flavors. Both are great!

Still a good dessert tea but I have many from this company and don’t think still that this will be a keeper. Made a two cup pot tonight and sipped while watching True Crime and munching on a yummy fish dinner. It’s sweet and doesn’t need sugar if you prefer without – which I don’t – the almond is there but not cloying

TeaTiff Traveling Tea Box | No. 6

Almond Sugar Cookie reminds me so much of Harney & Sons’ Vanilla Comoro. I love that tea. So needless to say, I am really enjoying this one as well. I don’t necessarily smell almond, but the aroma is very nutty. The cookie comes through more in the taste. It doesn’t top Vanilla Comoro for me, but I think they are different enough that I could see having them both on hand.

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This one is almondy but not in a marzipan or amaretto way, it’s very subtle. There is a sweet vanilla note too, for the rest of the cookie vibe. I had fun sipping this down, but I prefer Upton almond tea if it’s ever back in stock.

I don’t remember rating this one but the score is spot on. As a latte or iced latte… 85 plain hot or iced, 75. It’s kinda cookie-like but very pure almondy not like almond Rocca or anything. Like the earthy kind lol.