Sanders Lemon Twis-Tea
Hooray for the Upper Midwest! Sanders Fine Chocolatiers is a Michigan-based company. Their ice cream is available in scoop shops - located mostly near Detroit with one shop on Mackinac Island - and several retail locations. On a recent trip to Tim and Tom's Speedy Market I picked up a container of Lemon Twis-Tea, refreshing lemon and green tea flavored ice cream with candy lemon bits.
I laughed a little when I saw the word 'refreshing' in the description. I don't usually think of ice cream as refreshing. It always makes me too thirsty. If I want something refreshing I go for a fruity sorbet. Needless to say I was pleasantly surprised. This ice cream was surprisingly refreshing. I would go so far as to call it the perfect summer ice cream.
The base was lightly flavored, but this actually worked to the ice cream's advantage. Many lemon ice creams either go for a sweet or strong lemon flavor to mimic a lemon bar, but Sanders went with a mole delicate lemon flavor that brings to mind lemonade or lemon water. I didn't explicitly taste the green tea flavor of the base, but could tell that this wasn't a plain lemon ice cream. I think the green tea gave the base some depth and added to the ~refreshing~ aspect of this ice cream.
The lemon candy mix-ins were tiny, crunchy shards. There were many of them and they were well-distributed throughout the pint. The texture reminded me of candy melts - crunchy but not brittle and just a tad chalky. The chalkiness didn't bother me since it was balanced by the creamy base. These had a stronger, sweeter lemon flavor than the base and added a nice punch of flavor.
If you can get your hands on this, I highly suggest it for a hot summer day! 🍦🍦🍦.5/4
I laughed a little when I saw the word 'refreshing' in the description. I don't usually think of ice cream as refreshing. It always makes me too thirsty. If I want something refreshing I go for a fruity sorbet. Needless to say I was pleasantly surprised. This ice cream was surprisingly refreshing. I would go so far as to call it the perfect summer ice cream.
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| I love the vintage-y packaging design! |
The base was lightly flavored, but this actually worked to the ice cream's advantage. Many lemon ice creams either go for a sweet or strong lemon flavor to mimic a lemon bar, but Sanders went with a mole delicate lemon flavor that brings to mind lemonade or lemon water. I didn't explicitly taste the green tea flavor of the base, but could tell that this wasn't a plain lemon ice cream. I think the green tea gave the base some depth and added to the ~refreshing~ aspect of this ice cream.
The lemon candy mix-ins were tiny, crunchy shards. There were many of them and they were well-distributed throughout the pint. The texture reminded me of candy melts - crunchy but not brittle and just a tad chalky. The chalkiness didn't bother me since it was balanced by the creamy base. These had a stronger, sweeter lemon flavor than the base and added a nice punch of flavor.
If you can get your hands on this, I highly suggest it for a hot summer day! 🍦🍦🍦.5/4
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