New Mexico Tea Company – Sandia Spice
Name: Sandia Spice
Company: New Mexico Tea Company
Type: Flavored Black, loose
Cost: $9.60 for 4oz
Tea Notes:
- Dry tea is a beautiful mix of tea, orange peels, cinnamon and rose petals with a subtle spicy aroma.
- Steeped in boiling water for 4 minutes.
- Aroma of steeped tea is similar to dry aroma but with a hint of fruit and flowers.
- Taste includes cinnamon with an interesting mix of rose and citrus.
Tea 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!
Before I talk about the tea I want to clarify what I mean when I say ’spicy’. Coming from New Mexico I normally view the term spicy as meaning hot. I eat a lot of hot foods, which includes the wonderful and amazing green chile, but when I’m talking about spicy tea I am referring to the spicy qualities of a chai. That said, Sandia Spice is not a chai but can still be put in the spicy tea category because of the cinnamon. However, this is unlike any cinnamon tea I have had. There are apple pieces, orange peel, almonds, and rose petals in addition to the cinnamon bits. All of those ingredients mesh together with the black tea to produce a truly unique taste.
I found myself spending a lot of time with this tea trying to figure it out. After a whole pot of it this weekend I finally had to decide to just drink and enjoy it rather than pick it apart or analyze it. The cinnamon is obvious in the taste but there is an orange taste as well as a rose taste that peek out every so often underneath the black tea and cinnamon. It seemed like every sip tasted different and special. I happen to love teas that have a cinnamon punch to them, but this one is softer than other cinnamon teas and has such unique qualities that I can’t imagine anyone being turned off or afraid of the cinnamon in it. If overly spicy teas aren’t your thing, you might give this one a try.
The product(s) included in this post were purchased by myself or sent as a free sample along with a purchase.
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