Cinnamon Orange Flavored Iced Honeybush Tea from Southern Boy Teas

Cinnamon Orange SBTTea Information:

Leaf Type:  Honeybush

Where to Buy:  52Teas

Tea Description:

Premium organic caffeine-free honeybush with organic flavors.

Learn more about this tea here.

Taster’s Review:

Before I start this review, I wanted to update you with some news about 52Teas/Zoomdweebies/Southern Boy Teas!

Recently, they launched a whole new website and along with the new website came some exciting changes to the way they sell teas!  They are now offering their teas in .5 ounce size pouches rather than the 1 – 2 ounce size pouches and what this means to those of us who subscribe is this:

  1. No longer will I be receiving 1 – 2 ounces of tea per week to add to my overwhelming stash.  This is a good thing.  I’m a taster.  I like this small size because if I find a tea that I really like enough to add it to my stash, then I can buy more of the smaller size.  This means the tea stays sealed and fresh until I want to use it!
  2. Savings!  I am now able to subscribe not just to the 52Teas/Zoomdweebies “hot tea” blend but also the Southern Boy Teas weekly blend for about the same price as I was paying for just the hot tea blend from 52Teas.  I am getting more flavor for a lower price.  OK, sign me up!  Here’s where you can subscribe!

Now … on to the review!

When I first read the name of this tea – Cinnamon Orange Iced Honeybush Tea – I thought it would be what I consider a “typical” cinnamon orange type of tea.  That is, one of those red-hot, spicy-sweet cinnamon-y teas with notes of orange in the background.  They are usually sold as “hot cinnamon” or “holiday” blends.  But this iced tea doesn’t taste at all like I expected it to!

And that’s a good thing!

Oh sure, I enjoy those red-hot, spicy-sweet, candy-like teas.  They’re one of those guilty pleasures of mine.  But I was not too sure about that spicy-sweet flavor for an iced tea.  Iced tea should be something very refreshing and cooling for the palate, and while I do enjoy those spicy-sweet teas, they aren’t really very cooling for the palate.  I think it’s because of the spicy thing.

But this isn’t spicy-sweet.  The cinnamon tastes sweet and it’s gently spiced and smoothly flavored.  It doesn’t impart a warm flavor on my palate.  It’s sweet and a little savory, but it isn’t hot or spicy.  The orange is bright and juicy tasting.  And it is a very refreshing taste.

The honeybush is a little sweet and nutty, and the earthiness of the honeybush brings out the earthier, sweeter flavors of the cinnamon without emphasizing it’s spicier side.  The orange is sweet and vibrant.

A really tasty iced tea.  I wouldn’t call it my favorite iced tea selection from Southern Boy Teas, but, I am really enjoying it and will have no problem finishing the pitcher.  I might even buy another pouch or two in the future.  It’s a good one.

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