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Cherry bakewell tart.

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In a world where almost every drink product is artificially flavoured and sweetened, I appreciate my tea as a plain drink which is nothing but leaves and hot water.

I don't think I need my tea to taste like cherry bakewell, jam on toast, or a tin of biscuits.

No

I haven't tried them, I tell myself it's likely to be quite a mild flavour. If I'm in the mood for a tea that doesn't taste like tea, I'll take a glass jar full of loose leaf and soak it in huge amounts of cinnamon and orange essential oils. Give that a few days to cure, and it makes a powerful, warming, sugar-free yet sweet, and nose-punchingly fragrant tea. Enough cinnamon oil and it can strip the paint off a wall, and that's how I like it. Stole the idea from the specialty tea shop in Pike Place Market, Seattle.

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I was given some of the "jam on toast" flavoured ones a while ago, and obviously they sat untouched in the cupboard for ages, because of the heresy.

Anyway, when I eventually had one, I have to say it was a) Much nicer than expected and b) Weirdly, it actually did taste quite accurately of tea, jam and toast.

So I was pleasantly surprised, and I imagine their newer ones would do the same thing and actually be quite nice.

I remember thinking it's not actually that weird, if I happily drink camomile, mint, blackcurrant teas etc - and people drink coffee (or beer) with weird extra flavours in these days.

I'd still never buy it myself, because of the heresy, but I'd drink it happily if given as a gift or offered.

Tried the biscuits version.

Initial thought confirmed.