Goji – Page 2

Tea Information:

Leaf Type: Green

Company Description:

Tropical Goji Green is an organic Japanese-style green tea grown in China. We start with traditional Japanese sencha, then add organic Goji berries and natural tropical flavors to make this tea slightly tangy, but also rich and smooth. Great iced!

Taster’s Review:

Yes… yet again, apprehension: nervous to try this tea – needless hesitation because this tea turned out to be quite delightful.

The dreaded goji berry! I need to get over my tendency to immediately assume I won’t like a tea with goji berry! Because, the truth of the matter is, that while I have come across a few that have not been to my liking, MOST of the teas that I’ve tasted with goji berry I’ve enjoyed. I guess it is because the first goji berry tea that I tried was way too sour and since that time, I’m inclined to think that all goji berry teas are going to be equally as distasteful.

But… not this one! This tea is delicious. The combination of the tropical fruit flavor and the goji berry creates a unique tropical/berry flavor that is a very welcome departure from the typical tropical flavor. Not that I dislike tropical flavor – I quite like it. But sometimes it seems way too overdone.

This tropical tea is deliciously different. The berry is not at all sour. Tangy, yes… but I find it more on the sweet side than tangy or tart. And smooth. There is a buttery richness from the Sencha – it is fresh and very slightly vegetal.

A very pleasant tea to drink hot, but, even more enjoyable to drink iced! Very refreshing and silky smooth! I like it a lot!

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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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