The Mad Herbalist. (as experienced by Anna Claire, age 10)
“The Mad Herbalist reminded me of a log cabin and had a unique feel to it. It was clean and well-decorated.
There isn’t anything else like it in Clarksville. I loved smelling the different tea blends from the test tubes. Nobody else has tiers – the presentation is really pretty.
The teas.
The Ember Chai. When I first got it, it looked weird to me. There was a piece of smoking rosemary in it, like incense and I didn’t know what it was. I did not like the Ember with the savory tiers. It was smoky and really bitter. Make sure to try it with the dessert – it almost tastes like coffee with it.
I liked the Vanilla Honeycomb. The sugar that they rimmed the glass with gave it extra sweetness and made it really good.
The Mango Daze. I liked it. I think the hibiscus and the blood orange in it gave it the pretty red color. I ate the garnish – the blood orange (laughs).
The tiers.
I loved the stuffed shell. The pancetta in it was good and especially the sauce. I wished there was more.
The roasted vegetables and the hummus. I recommend dipping the pita bread and the carrots in the hummus AND the stuffed shell sauce. So good!
The dessert. It reminded me of like Reese’s peanut butter cup cheesecake. The ember tea, again, was good with the dessert. The sweetness compliments the bitterness.
Miss Kennedy was really friendly and knows a lot and gives really good descriptions of everything which makes you want to try it all.”
-Anna Claire
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