Supermarket giant Aldi has launched a new range of biscuit flavoured teas, and it’s definitely set to be a talking point amongst tea lovers.
The different flavoured teas include Salted Caramel, Biscuit, and Jaffa Cake - which I knew I had to try immediately. I’m a huge fan of a cuppa, but I would class myself as quite a boring tea drinker as a whole.
I don’t really experiment with extravagant different fruity teas, and usually just stick to a builder's brew with no sugar. However, since I absolutely adore Jaffa Cakes, I thought I’d give the new Aldi Jaffa Cake tea a try.
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The new Diplomat Jaffa Tea is priced at £1.49 and is described as having a 'rich chocolate flavour' with a hint of 'zesty aromatic orange' - just like a Jaffa Cake. If I’m being completely honest, after trying the tea, I really don’t think it's for everyone, and here's why.
The tea
To look at, the tea bag was like any other bog standard tea bag. There were no surprises or bright orange designs which was a plus.
At first, I attempted to drink the tea black, but it was quite bitter. Don’t get me wrong, it smelt and tasted like orange, but it just didn’t remind me of a Jaffa Cake, at all.
After adding some milk and a generous amount of sugar, the tea tasted slightly better, but it still wasn’t amazing. I think the mixture of a subtle chocolate taste and tea just didn’t work particularly well.
With the milk, the tea was quite a funny colour and it didn’t look that appealing at all. The sugar definitely helped, but it still didn't taste great.
It didn't have that feeling of a 'satisfying sip' like a normal cuppa does, and the tang of the orange just didn't really taste right at all. For me, the Aldi Jaffa Cake tea would probably be something I'd have a couple of times, and sadly, never again.
The verdict
I do think that Aldi has really tried to give the tea that subtle Jaffa Cake flavour, but it was just a little too subtle for me. I understand that the Jaffa Cake flavour can’t be too overpowering, but I just thought that the tea would be a little sweeter.
I don’t usually add sugar to my tea, but I felt like it was a must this time. This Jaffa Cake flavour definitely isn’t for everyone, but Aldi do deserve an applause for trying to recreate the Jaffa Cake in brew form.
As a whole, I'm actually pretty disappointed, because I was expecting the tea to taste a lot better than it did. Perhaps I should just stick to eating the biscuit/cake (which is still up for debate) instead of drinking it.
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