Winter Spice: Perfect Brew For A Freezing Cold Day

It's a wonderful feeling when you find a blend of tea that excites all of your senses. A fruity aroma, an appealing colour and a luxurious, fruity taste. But that is what you get with Twinings Winter Spice tea. The only downside is that once you find perfection in a tea, you never want to loose it, so when you see 'Limited Edition' written on the box,it's a bit ... well, disappointing!

Winter Spice is flavoured with liquorice, cinnamon and blackberry leaves, and the three flavours merge together wonderfully. It's one of those rare occasion's where the flavours are subtle, yet, at the same time, you can detect all of them. No one single flavour outdoes the other.

As with all other fruity tea's, you can't over brew it, so leave the teabag in till you think it's ready. I love watching Winter Spice brew. The water goes from clear, to a dark, crimson red colour in a matter of seconds, the water and colour of the blend merging together to make a very inviting, interesting drink.

On brewing, the first flavour that comes through is blackberry. It's then the liquorice and the cinnamon just peeps through at the end. Over all it's fruity, and I think that is what would most likely be picked up if you were to blind fold someone and ask them what they thought it was, I'm pretty sure they would say blackberry.

The liquorice tones resemble natural liquorice rather then the sort you'd find in a box of Allsorts (or indeed Liquorice Allsorts Earl Grey which I have reviewed!) so it doesn't taste like coconut at all. The cinnamon adds a spicy kick to the drink, which is partly why this is a perfect blend for handing out on cold nights, such as bonfire night or after a night of carol singing. As it says on the box - it's very much a winter blend. It just reminds me of those celebrations we have at the end of the year, such as Halloween and Firework night. It's made for cold nights, and is a pleasure to drink.

It does remind me a little of warmed Ribena actually!

I do hope that we get at least another winter from Winter Spice (not sure how limited an edition it is!), and it doesn't disappear off the shelves just yet. I think it's a blend that, although fruity, is vastly different from other fruit teas. It has a lot more body then normal fruit teas.

It's just really special. And I hope you get to enjoy it, too!

Summary of Winter Spice

- This can be brewed for as long as you like, but I would advise brewing for at least four minutes.
- Winter Spice can be purchased from Twinings Online. It costs £1.29 for a box of 20 teabags.
- No milk or sugar necessary. It will take away from it's delicious, natural taste.