Nothing would make me happier than replacing all the days of summer with those from late autumn, which is finally upon us. This Lupicia Apple Barley Tea goes a long way to getting through summer, though.
The tisane comes in a tea bag of barley scented with apple. One tea bag is recommended to make 500 mL either as a cold infusion for 1-2 hours or hot infusion for 2-3 minutes.
Infusing one 5 g tea bag in 500 mL of cold water in the fridge for 1.5 hours, the infusion was a clear golden brown colour with a strong aroma of crisp apple peel. Served chilled, these crisp apple notes came through briefly at the head of each sip before the nutty, slightly bitter coffee-like notes of the barley tea dominated the body until the apple notes returns for a mellow sweet finish and leaves a refreshing aftertaste with a gentle nuttiness.
This Lupicia Apple Barley Tea contained 10 tea bags. The tea was sourced from Japan, packaged in Japan, and purchased in Kanazawa, Japan in 2015.