Today is Day 6 of the Plum Deluxe Advent Calendar and if you have been following along with this adventure with me- so far I’ve  had a few hits and a few misses.  And today’s goodie was a sample size offering of Plum Deluxe’s Maple Pecan Black Tea, a tea I had never had but had heard of. I had heart great things about this tea so I was wondering if this tea really lived up to the hype.

And I”m so happy to say it does. This tea is unbelievably amazing. Being one that doesn’t traditionally gravitate to black tea bases, I seriously can not get enough of this tea.  The maple flavoring is perfection and provides this gentle sweetness while the pecan notes add in that nutty flavor to contrast the maple sweetness. Each flavor playing off the other and let me tell you, this is just the beginning of the sip.

Towards the middle, you start to get this wonderful spiced tone that gives you a nice departure from the sweet nuttiness and then at the very end, you get that roasted oolong flavor that I adore. I don’t really get to much of the black tea base, just here and there as an after taste.  I do think I used too much water which is where maybe the black tea flavoring isn’t as pronounced.

I’ve been watching a lot of Food Network over the past few weeks and have been learning a lot about how to properly balance food.  This tea blend is a great example of a well balanced tea. Sweet, nutty, with a spiced and roasted tone. So much loving in one cup. This tea is already one the list to order more.

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Here’s the scoop!

Leaf Type:  Black/Oolong Tea

Where to Buy:  Plum Deluxe

Description

Part of the Advent Calendar-hopefully available on the website soon to purchase more

Learn even more about this tea and tea company here!