Tea series challenge: day 14

Hello and Welcome to Day 14 of the Tea Series Challenge!

So lately my sister, who has been trying new teas with my nephew, has been raving about “the apricot one.”  The teas they’re trying are from the same company that produced my sampler boxes, but I’ve really only been using the yellow box because the orange box is just herbal teas.

I’m at the point now, though, where the yellow box pretty much has black and green teas.  This is fine except for a morning like I’m having today.  Today I am craving herbal tea, so I opened the orange box for the first time and found the tea she’s been so enamored of.

So today’s tea is Apricot Amaretto which claims that “The taste of juicy apricot and almond pair for a refreshing infusion.”  It is cold, rainy, and windy outside so I’m hoping for something that reminds me of better weather.  I’m also hoping it lives up to the hype from my sister.

So, ratings time, and let’s see how it does:  ​

Appearance/Color

It’s a deep reddish brown color.  I don’t have much else to say about it.

Aroma

It is fruity and almondy scented.  Remmeber when I wanted the flavor of my mother’s almond cookies to be in the cherry marzipan tea?  I think, I hope, that this will come closer.  It certainly smells like it might.

Flavor

So I’ve just taken my first sip and it’s the fruitiness of the apricot that hits first.  That stays around but the almond comes up after to join it.  I’m not blown away really, but it was a really good first sip.

Body or Mouthfeel

It’s very smooth in texture.  That actually probably hit me even before the flavor did.

Astringency/Structure

It is kind of bright, but grounded as well if that makes sense.  Most of the time, when I write this section, I am very aware of how much I don’t know about this section and probably tea in general.

Aftertaste/Finish

The apricot is definitely the first flavor, and it does stick around, but ultimately the almond is the flavor that finishes the sip.  In terms of aftertaste, both stick around.

Conclusion

So the tea is half gone in the time it took for me to write the previous three sections, which was approximately five minutes.  My sister was right, it is really good tea.  I find that I am very glad that each box has duplicates of the teas so I can drink this one again.