Tropical Twist/The NecessiTeas

by VariaTEA

When I was younger, I used to love Coca Cola. Regular coke. I would easily drink a can a day. Then I was talking to a nutritionist who recommended I cut back to one can a week. However, once I stopped drinking coke so often, it started to taste weird when I started drinking it again so I mostly stuck to water. With that said, sometimes it is nice to have something bubbly and sweet and that’s when tea pops make for a great choice.

Personally I like using fruity teas for tea pops. NecessiTeas makes some awesome fruit teas that make for some tasty tea pops. Tropical Twist is among some of their delicious options.

Tropical Twist is a tropical fruit tisane made with apples, dried cherries, shredded coconut, freeze dried kiwi, coconut chips, freeze dried cherries, freeze dried cranberries, and natural flavors. It tastes just like a delicious jolly rancher!

As a tea pop, Tropical Twist is bright, juicy and tropical. Shocking, I know. It has a bright candy-like flavor that’s a little tart/sour and a whole lot of sweet. It is creamy from the coconut but not in a lotion-y way, as some coconut teas tend to be. For an extra little boost of sweet, I like to add a splash of grenadine to really play on the cherry and cranberry flavors. Yum!

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Leaf Type: Tisane

Where to Buy:  The NecessiTeas

Description

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VariaTEA

Hey there! My name is Rachel. I’m a twenty-something from Toronto, Ontario, Canada who loves dogs and has a bit of an obsession with tea. As a child I hated the stuff since all I ever knew was Red Rose (no offense to Red Rose). However, a few years ago that all changed. I was on a diet and desperate for new flavors without adding calories and that’s when I turned to tea. I started off by going to DAVIDsTEA and Teavana for all their dessert-inspired flavors, and since I didn’t know any better, I bought 100 grams each of about twenty-something different teas. This was okay for the teas I liked but for those I didn’t I needed to find some way of getting rid of them. Enter Steepster.com. This is where I met some incredible tea friends, discovered tea swaps, and learned of so many amazing tea companies. My desire to try all the teas grew and since joining three years ago I have tried over a thousand different teas. I have learned what ingredients I love and I have learned what flavors I don’t like. I determined my go-to brewing method is Western-style with no added milk or sweeteners, though I also enjoy cold brewing, iced teas, teapops, lattes, and smoothies. I have yet to brew gong-fu style but I hope to do so just as soon as I get the proper teaware to do it. About a year ago, I actually stopped drinking tea but as my stash of over 200 teas started aging I decided I needed to respark my interest. I chose to take a 365 days of tea challenge on Instagram in which I post a new tea picture every day. So far it has been rather successful as I find myself drinking (and buying) more and more tea each day. Plus it enabled CuppaGeek to find me and invite me here to SororiTea Sisters.

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Hydrate from Yellowstone Tea Company

by CuppaGeek

HydrateTeaTea Information:

Leaf Type:  Green/White

Where to Buy:  Yellowstone Tea Company

Tea Description:

Hydrate is a blend is a rich blend of green tea and white, making this blend high in minerals that fortify the skin and help sustain health and hydration.

Learn more about this tea here.

Taster’s Review:

I have been in a green tea drinking mood lately. Some of have been good.  Some not so much.  This particular blend was a hit with me.

Hydrate is a blend of green and white tea from Yellowstone Tea Company, a tea shop I found on Etsy.  They have a wide variety of teas and when I saw this blend online, I just had to try it.  The picture on the website looks very nice but looks like a blend I’ve seen on other sites.  When this tea arrived, I had to do a double take.  This tea blend is vibrant and gorgeous! The goji berries popped with a red color and the cornflower had such a deep blue.  I couldn’t get over how fantastic and fresh looking this tea appeared.  The chunks of fruit were just as impressive.  Huge chunks of papaya and orange peel.  I was taken with this tea at first sight.

I brewed this blend up like a green tea.  As I look more at the ingredients, there is also oolong tea in this.  I wasn’t sure which way to go with it so I decided to just go the green tea route.  Let it steep for about 3 minutes in my tea pot while I worked away on a project.  The smell was so inviting.  Fruity goodness was cruising thru the air.  One of my co-workers even asked me what I was eating or drinking. They couldn’t get over the fresh tropical like smell that this tea was creating.

I took a sip and BLAM-O! I was hit with all of these fresh fruity tastes and such a clean green tea finish.  I really only picked up the green tea which gave a slight earthy grassy taste.  The two flavors really worked well. I couldn’t identify every flavor separately but together they created a delicious treat for this afternoon.  The tea blend has a tropical like feel to it with the papaya.  The ingredients for this blend also listed pomegranate- which was very subtle.  I only picked up a slight tart taste.

My only issue with this blend is that there is stevia in it.  I couldn’t taste the stevia until the cup had cooled off a bit, but after it did cool, the stevia was a bit overwhelming.  I’m not sure how this tea would be cold brewed-but I would love to find out.  My only advice with this tea is drink it while the brew is still hot.  Letting it cool brings out a stevia flavor that many may not enjoy.  Beyond that, I am really happy with this one and plan to pick up more.  I love finding new tea companies and this one met all my expectations and then some.  Looks like I have a new tea for the summer!

CuppaGeek

I am a late 30s something mom who loves her family, will be getting married to a wonderful guy and has 4 kids (2 mine-2 his). We have a beautiful life together and I wouldn't change a thing. Tea is a passion that quickly turned into an obsession, very similar to my love for polka dots, the horror genre, and anything that is geeky and fun. I drink all kinds of tea and will try a tea twice to make sure I didn't bumble the first infusion. Besides SororiTea Sisters, I'm also the blogger and genius (I use that word very loosely) behind CuppaGeek, where I review tea, books, and the horror genre.

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