Tea Type: Oolong
Where to Buy: Lupicia
Product Description:
Quality Taiwanese oolong tea scented with lusciously ripe mangos.
Tasters Review:
I’m always up for Mango Flavors and I’m always interested in Lupicia because I do not have the brand readily available to me…so I am eager to get my hands on it any time I can.
This time around I sampled the bagged version of this. The contents looked more like a green tea than an Oolong but then again that could have just been because of the shear/silky material of the bag. the Ripe Mango Aroma is awesome and true. I realized the post-infusion liquid also looks more like a green tea…a more grey-ish green-yellow type color.
The taste is wonderfully juicy and very much like ripe mango. Toward the end of the sip I can pick up on the natural woodsy-Oolong tones and it has a smooth finish. Throughout the sip – beginning to end – is juicy-sweet and lovely!
I really like this one from Lupicia!
Strawberry & Vanilla from Lupicia
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Green
Where to Buy: Lupicia
Company Description:
Green tea with matcha is flavored with sweet fragrance of strawberry and vanilla.
Taster’s Review:
This tea is delightful!
The dry tea smells amazing – it smells a lot like strawberry milk! It has that same creamy, strawberry scent. The brewed liquor offers a softer aroma, but, it still smells positively delicious.
This is a green tea blend that contains Matcha, which is noticeable upon opening the package with a light powdering of green “dust.” It is this addition of Matcha that makes this strawberry green tea so special. The Matcha adds just the right amount of fresh, sweet taste. Amazing!
Lupicia Tea does not indicate on their website what kind of green tea (other than the Matcha) is used in this blend. But it is light and bright in flavor, and provides a good base for the strawberry flavor, which is slightly sweet, and a bit tart, and very much like biting into a ripe strawberry: juicy and delicious. The vanilla is softer in flavor, and softens some of the stronger strawberry notes… much the same way that whipped cream softens the flavor of a strawberry. The result is a cup of smooth, sweet, creamy berry goodness.
This light-bodied tea is outstanding served hot, but, I think it would also be quite good chilled too. The Matcha does somewhat settle to the bottom of the cup, so, do yourself a favor and keep a spoon nearby to stir it. The Matcha really adds a beautiful flavor to this cup, so it’s worth this little extra effort to keep it incorporated in the tea.
This tea needs no sweetener. Most flavored teas need just a little sweetener to bring out the best flavor in the cup, but, this one is an exception – it is pleasantly flavorful with a sweet-tart attitude that comes through without the addition of sweetener. However, you might find that the slightly sour qualities of this tea are a bit too sour (it is *almost* too sour for me, but not quite) and you might want to add a little sugar to curb that. If you like sweet-tart candy, you’ll like this tea!
Moreover, if you like strawberry green teas – you MUST try this tea. It is astounding!
Earl Grey from Lupicia
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Black
Where to Buy: Lupicia
Company Description:
Authentic Earl Grey made with Keemun tea. Delicious straight up or with milk.
Taster Review:
This is truly a remarkable Earl Grey – quite possibly the best Earl Grey I’ve yet to taste!
What makes this Earl Grey so unique is the Keemun black tea base. Most Earl Grey teas are comprised of Ceylon black tea, which is typically quite mild. Keemun tea, on the other hand, is much more robust, possessing a fruitier character, and is almost wine-like in flavor. It has a slight toasted quality to it as well. This Keemun is very deep in flavor: with notes of fruit and wine as well as hints of earth and smoke.
The aroma of the dry tea is – not surprisingly – quite “Earl Grey-ish.” That is to say that it has that very pleasing scent of the bergamot orange. Citrus-y … floral … beautiful! Upon brewing, the bergamot softens slightly to allow some of the wine-like and even slightly earthy qualities of the Keemun tea to come through.
The wine-like characteristic of this tea provides an interesting contrast to the citrus flavor and flowery tone of the bergamot. When they meet together in one tea cup, it is a fine, complex grouping of flavors that this Earl Grey lover finds irresistible. The fruit and earth flavors of the Keemun seems to curb the sharp notes of the bergamot just enough to make it extraordinarily palatable. There isn’t even the slightest suggestion of a perfume-ish taste to this tea. It is magnificence in a teacup!
When you visit the Lupicia Fresh Tea website and enter “Earl Grey” into the search field, you just might be a bit overwhelmed by the number of Earl Grey teas that Lupicia has to offer. I know I was! This one is simply “Earl Grey,” but to ensure you’re getting the right Earl Grey, read the description to make sure that the base is Keemun. I’m not trying to dissuade you from trying their other Earl Grey varieties (as I do plan on trying them myself eventually as well), but, this one is an absolute MUST TRY… and for me, this one is an absolute must keep on hands at all times! I love this tea!