Tastes Like: baked apple, fennel, lemon zest
Feels Like: afternoon in the highlands

This is a crisp black tea blend made by marrying mild black tea and tart green apple, with a bit of fennel and clove to brighten and deepen the apple flavor. Like an irresistible apple pie with subtle spices and a hint of tartness, this tea is warm yet bright. Milk enhances its natural sweetness. It makes a stunning iced tea, and a very exciting tea latte. A sweet-tart afternoon tea that is a delicious pair with pastries.

▼📝 Blender's Notes

This vibrant blend has been renamed Mackintosh, formerly known as Dots and Loops.

I wanted to make an apple tea with a little pizzazz and sharp flavor. Of all of the apples I’ve tasted, the McIntosh is my absolute favorite.

The McIntosh apple variety, with bright red and green skin, crunchy flesh, crisp aroma and perfect balance of sweetness and tartness, were the inspiration for this tea. The goal in this tea was to use a mild black tea to carry the vibrant, sweet flavor of apple with a little fennel to brighten and a little clove to deepen it. The result is a layered, aromatic, bright green apple tea.

The deliberately-spelled name is a nod to the fantastic apple orchard in architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Hill House in Scotland. This gorgeous orchard has fantastically-shaped apple and pear trees trained along a brick wall as well as traditional rows in the orchard.

Even if you’re not a fan of fennel seed or clove on their own, please know that they are minor notes in the blend. This blend is not a cinnamon spiced or buttery apple tea. I hope that you enjoy the irresistible flavor of a freshly-baked pie with slightly undercooked apples and a hint of sweet spice.

It’s divine with milk. It also makes a stunning iced tea perfect for a garden party. Please try variations of milk, sweetener and ice, and see what you like best. If this tea is new to you, or you haven’t tasted it in the years it’s been gone, I can’t wait to hear what you think.

Warmly,
Gina Zupsich
Head Blender

▼🔍 Ingredients and Details

• All Natural
• Vegan
• Gluten Free
• Non GMO

Ingredients
south indian FOP black tea, egyptian fennel seed, turkish apple, caraway, natural flavor of apple, clove

Net weights
4 cup deluxe sample: 14g
15 cup bag: 50g
70 cup bag: 250g

◄🔥 Brewing Directions and Recipes

Hot Brewing 10 oz

• Heat 212°f/100°c water
• Add 3.5g tea, about 1 tablespoon
• Pour 10oz/300ml hot water
• Infuse 4-5 mins. Longer is stronger.
• Repeat Reinfuse 1-2 times

Iced Brewing 10 oz

• Heat 212°f/100°c water
• Add 3.5g tea, about 1 tablespoon
• Pour ~3oz hot water to barely cover tea leaves
• Infuse 4-5 mins. Longer is stronger.
• Dilute with 7oz cold water
• Serve Over ice

Pro tip: If you want more concentrated flavor, try doubling the tea leaves in this recipe.

Drinks with Mackintosh

Mackintosh Apple Swizzle

Mackintosh Black Tea Bourbon Highball

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