Next in my drink-thru of the NessAlla menu is a kombucha that has a Southeast Asian tinge to it: Lemongrass Ginger. As someone with a severe addiction to tom yum soup, I wondered how it was that I didn't taste this one first.
The tea was a hazy yellow and the first thing I smelled was that acetic acid tang. There was also sweetness and a lovely citrus-floral mix of lemongrass and ginger.
I think this stuff had a heavier mouthfeel than its appearance betrayed and this mismatch did something to the kombucha tasting part of my brain which made the sweetness came across as being stronger than it likely was in reality. It just had a sweet tea thing going on for me with some tang and that wonderful lemongrass-ginger duo tasting good. These flavors just complement one another so well. They both have citrus and floral elements but the lemongrass leans floral while ginger adds a pepper-like spiciness.
I expected it to be drier on the finish but my tongue never got that wave of tannins and, instead, got a low dose.
This stuff is tasty, though I'd prefer a bit less sugar. By no means as cloying as the drink of the South, it leans in that direction, though only just. The lemongrass and ginger were delicious but overshadowed, at times, by the sweetness.
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