GenmaiCHAI Green Tea Blend from 52Teas

by liberteas

GenmaiCHAI

Tea Information:

Leaf Type:  Green

Where to Buy:  52Teas

Tea Description:

This week’s blend is a special blend of premium Japanese genmaicha, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, clove and black pepper. Our genmaicha blends always go fast, so don’t delay.

Learn more about this chai blend here.

Taster’s Review:

AWESOME!  I’ve had one or two chai blends made with genmaicha before, but, I think that this one may just be the best I’ve had.  The spices are perfectly blended with the green tea in this GenmaiCHAI Green Tea Blend from 52Teas … it’s not so overly spiced that all I taste is spice … I get a really delicious, roasty-toasty, nutty, genmaicha taste too.  This is so yummy!

The genmaicha and the spices are really balanced well with this blend.  It is warmly spiced – not quite “spicy-hot” but it certainly does pack a well-spiced punch!  I taste cinnamon right up front and then again right at the finish and in the aftertaste.  The ginger and black pepper give it a peppery taste that dances on the palate … but this isn’t overly peppered.  I like that these two ingredients were not overdone in this blend.

The cardamom and cloves give this a spicy-sweet essence that is very exotic, and I think that because the genmaicha is a lighter flavor than the typical Assam tea that is found in most chai blends, I taste MORE of the cardamom and cloves than I typically would in a chai blend that is crafted with a black tea.  I like this difference.

And then there is the genmaicha!  It is sweet, toasty, and nutty.  There is the slightest intonation of vegetation in this cup, it is a soft flavor but the palate does pick it up.  This isn’t as obviously “genmaicha-y” as a straight genmaicha would be, of course, and since it is a chai blend, I don’t suppose you would expect it to be, would you?  The genmaicha does fill out the background flavors nicely though, and I love that sweet nuttiness that the cup has … it pairs with the spicy notes really nicely!

Overall, I’m really enjoying this tea … so much so that the cup is nearly empty! A deliciously different twist on chai!

liberteas

Anne (aka the Mad Tea Artist) has celebrated her 29th birthday for many years now. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her hubby and her youngest daughter. Her oldest daughter is married and has bestowed Anne with the proud title of "Gramma" and her grandson is about the cutest boy you ever did see. Anne started her journey with tea as a casual drinker and became more serious about her tea drinking when she realized that she couldn't drink coffee. Shortly thereafter, she started becoming obsessed with the beverage and she started creating small-batch, artisan blends of tea that she sold online as LiberTEAS. After a few years, she realized she wasn't cut out to be the sole proprietor of a business so she closed LiberTEAS and started reviewing teas online. She met Jennifer through another blog that they both reviewed for and they decided to start their own review blog. This review blog! Throughout her journey as a tea reviewer, she discovered 52Teas and became enamored with the idea of creating a new tea every week. When the founder of 52Teas decided he wanted to move on, he offered the business to Anne but knowing that she wasn't cut out to be a sole proprietor, she instead offered the company to her oldest daughter who employs her as the Mad Tea Artist for 52Teas!

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