teapigs: Apple and Cinnamon

As you may know, a friend of mine, Rebecca from Brunette Lifestyle blog and I often swap tea's. If we try something new then we often send each other samples to try. It's a system that works well, and besides, there is nothing nicer then to share - or swap in this case - the tea love!

Recently I sent Rebecca a pile of the Twining's Chai tea's that I know she loves, and in return I received a whole bundle of tea's ranging from the new Tetley line of healthy green tea's to this lovely little tea from teapigs.

Apple and Cinnamon is a punchy, tasty fruit tea and I was hugely impressed by it.

I have reviewed teapigs on several occasions and overall, I enjoy the tea they produce. I have reviewed their Red Winter Spice, Extra Strong Earl Grey, Popcorn and Chilli Chai. As you can see the tea they produce is very varied. As the tea's are all available in tea temples they are a little higher priced then the average but the tea is genuinely nice and I'm sure teapigs have a flavour to suit every taste!

Apple and Cinnamon is a tea that will appeal to the senses. It's incredibly fragrant and when I opened the little plastic envelopes the tea was enclosed in I got a lovely, and quite strong, hint of cinnamon. It's really gorgeous.

I love tea's that have elements of dessert about them and this is very reminiscent of a traditional English apple crumble. There is something naughty but nice about this tea - you can have something akin to a favourite dessert but without all the naughty bits.

The taste of this tea is rather appealing. The apple (I do like apple in tea, be it in a fruit infusion or added to black tea) is glorious. Really sweet and tasty and moreish. There is no sharpness to the tea that you can find in some apple tea's - this is certainly a tea for those with a sweet tooth. It is well rounded and full of flavour.

In addition, the cinnamon brings a warming, comforting element to the tea and this is a perfect winter tea, though the apple brings a lightness to it which would make for a great iced tea too, so it's a cup of tea for all the season's.

The kick that you get from the cinnamon, which hits just a few seconds after you've sipped the tea, is brilliant and for a few seconds after it feels as though your mouth is dancing! Though the cinnamon flavour is quite strong it's well balanced with the apple, so the two elements to the tea work well together rather then one flavour trying to outdo the other.

This is a brilliant addition to the teapigs family. It's just that little bit different to the average fruit infusion that you can get from the mainstream brands. Yet, it's gorgeous enough to make you want to include it fully into your tea collection.

If you like sweet desserts this is perfect for you, it's a crumble in a cup!

I enjoyed this tasty tea very much. Give it a try - I'm sure you will too!