Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Green
Where to Buy: Sarabeth’s
Tea Description:
Green Tea is one of the most natural of all teas and contains many of the natural compounds which make teas a healthy drink. The preference to green teas lies in their light, delicate and refreshing taste. It is meant to be consumed without milk or sugar and is a pleasant accompaniment to a meal thanks to its digestive properties.
Learn more about Sarabeth’s teas here.
Taster’s Review:
My youngest daughter has become more health conscious, and one of the things that she’s wanting to incorporate in her diet is more green tea. OK, I’ve got no problem with that! So, now, every time I’m preparing green tea, she asks me to make a cup for her. (Unless it’s too late in the day for her to consume caffeine.)
So, when I was making myself a cup of this Acai Green Tea from Sarabeth’s to review, I made her a cup of it too. Her thoughts: It’s good!
Unfortunately, “It’s good!” all by itself doesn’t make for a very good review, does it? I mean, it tells you what you might want to know: it tells you that the tea tastes good. But, you might want a few more specific details so let’s see if I can provide some of those . . .
The aroma of the dry leaf is very berry. I’ve only tasted acai berries as a dried/dehydrated fruit, so, I only have that to compare it to, but, the smell of the dry tea reminds me of the smell that I experienced when I opened a package of dehydrated acai berries. The brewed tea has very little fragrance: mere hints of the berry notes I could smell with this tea in dry form.
The flavor is indeed “good” as my daughter said. It is quite tart (not surprising as that tends to be my overall experience with acai berries), but, there is a hint of sweetness in there too, and I find that the soft, buttery taste of the green tea curbs some of those tarty notes a little bit, making it more palatable for me. (I’m not big on really tart flavors.)
It’s an easy to drink tea. It tastes refreshing. The tart notes seem to have an awakening effect on the palate – this is the cup of tea to drink if you need to enliven the taste buds! But even though it’s invigorating like that, it tastes really smooth, sweet and buttery so it seems to glide over the palate.
A pleasant cup of tea to share with my sweet daughter.
