Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Green
Where to Buy: 52Teas
Tea Description:
So anyway, that’s been my week. Hope you and yours are doing well. You know, I could very well be crazy for writing most of this, but sometimes I feel like it might be more interesting to our readers to actually hear what I’ve been up to rather than hearing me go on every week about how each of these teas is awesome and going to sell out fast and you should get yours now. I mean, all of that is true, but how many times does anyone really want to read that?
So, this week’s post is kind of an experiment. I’m anxious to see how people respond to it.
The Tea…
Genmaicha green tea with toasted rice, popped sorghum seeds, freeze-dried peaches and organic peach and cream flavors.
Learn more about this blend here.
Taster’s Review:
When this Peaches & Cream Flavored Genmaicha was first announced as the tea of the week for June 9th, I wasn’t really sure how the sweetness of peaches and cream would work with the nutty, roasted flavor of the genmaicha. It sounded intriguing and unique, certainly, and maybe just a little bit crazy, maybe it was crazy enough to work!
And while it IS a tasty cup of tea, I’m not sure I’m as crazy as I want to be for it to say that it “works.” It tastes good, certainly, and I do like how the toasty, nut flavor of the genmaicha plays with the flavors of peaches and cream, but, at the same time, it almost seems to detract from the blend a little bit.
I can taste all the elements: the notes of the green tea are lightly vegetal, the toasty rice adds a pleasant sweetness, and the peaches are juicy and add a really nice fruity note to the cup, while the cream notes melds a little bit with the nutty notes of the toasted rice to create a sweet, deliciously creamy tone. But they almost seem a little disjointed.
It’s a tasty tea, but not the best that I’ve tasted from 52Teas.
