October 10, 2020 ☼ tea ☼ herbal-tea ☼ the-tea-spot
Turmeric Tonic
Ginger root, cinnamon, fennel, peppercorns, sarsaparilla root, turmeric, nettle,
chai flavoring (what?).
https://www.theteaspot.com/products/organic-turmeric-ginger-tea-bags-1
I got this as a free, random sample from the vendor with my purchase. I’m not sure I’d normally get something like this lol.
Insulated mug, single sachet of tea, 12oz of 212 F water, steep 11 minutes (provided instructions encouraged over-steeping).
Very flat medium honey color. Consistent across the liquid.
Buttery graham crackers, almost like a pie crust.
Intense experience but hard to distinguish individual flavors. Very mildly sweet sensation–more that it is covering up bitterness than sweetness itself.
Turmeric and sarsaparilla root are most of what I’m getting, but I have to reach for it. Very interesting how cinnamon and ginger aren’t forward at all given how potent they usually are. No licorice flavors from the fennel either.
Not attempted.