Chai Tea - Masala Chai Tea Ice Cream |
Sweet Science has new flavors for September and fall (instagram link here). Half of them I have reviewed in previous years: Caramel Apple Cider Crisp, S'mores, and Oatmeal Cookie. Today's flavor is a chai tea flavored with lots of spices (the ingredients list ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, black pepper, nutmeg and cloves). I have had spiced tea ice creams a few times. Looking in my archives, it looks like the closest flavor to this would probably be Blue Mountain Spice from Izzy's (although I preferred their Norwegian Chai flavor which is similar). McConnell's also had a limited batch flavor with a similar base called Masala Chai, Dates & Walnuts but it had crunchy mix-ins. So, it has been a while since I've had a spicy tea flavor and I am looking forward to it.
Removing the like the tea ice cream has the expected tan/beige color. Digging in, I taste the spices right away. It's quite delicious! The tea flavor is quite good and I can tell that there is cinnamon, nutmeg and cardamom in the mix, but I don't taste too much of one particular spice. This is very well blended. The other flavors above are probably in there as well, but they play a more subtle part in the mix. The texture is quite good. This is a light and creamy base and very easy to scoop. This flavor also smells very nice. It is a homogeneous flavor with no mix-ins. This is good stuff.
This is an excellent spicy tea implementation from Sweet Science. You can tell a lot of thought was put into creating an appealing spice blend which accents the tea quite well without being overpowering. It's a fun pint to smell as well. Even though this is not a pint which is overloaded with mix-ins the flavor is so well done, I feel like I am getting my money's worth with this one. Enjoy.
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