Company: Harney and Sons

Type: Flavored Black, loose

Cost: $6.50 for 4oz tin

Tea Notes:

• Dry leaves are covered with cinnamon powder and omit a strong but heavenly aroma of sweet cinnamon.
• This was steeped in boiling water for 3 minutes.
• Taste is sweet and the cinnamon is obvious.  The black tea neither sits in the background or overpowers.

Thoughts:

This week I am featuring some spicy teas that are wonderful for the colder months but would be nice any time of the year as well!

I love cinnamon.  Honestly, the more cinnamon something has, the better it is to me.  I can eat atomic fireballs one right after another and never tire of the tingle they give my mouth.  When I picked up a little sample of this tea from Harney and Sons and gave it a sniffy sniff, I knew it was going to be love at first sip.  Hot Cinnamon Spice has a base of black tea with cinnamon, orange, and cloves mixed it.  This is quite a bold flavored tea that is sweet and spicy at the same time.  I don’t find this tea as strong as an atomic fireball but it has the same type of flavor minus the fire.  The Harney and Sons website says that this tea “sets off miniature fireworks on the tongue” and I totally agree.

This flavored black tea is right up there on my list of favorites.  The small amount of my sample is going to quickly be replaced with a much larger quanity because I love it that much.  I think it will also make a wonderful iced treat for the summer months.  Of course some people may think cinnamon isn’t something you want to have in the summer, but as a cinnamon fiend I don’t think there is ever a wrong time to drink or enjoy cinnamon treats.  If you, like myself, enjoy the incredible power of cinnamon then you will be pleased with this tea.

The product(s) included in this post were purchased by myself or sent as a free sample along with a purchase.