Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Green
Where to Buy: Ovation Teas
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Product Description:
Green tea blended with jasmine pearls, orange peel, jasmine blossoms, and marigolds, with tangerine flavoring.
Taster’s Review:
This is awesome! A real treat for the taste buds as well as the eye and nose!
The dry leaf is beautiful. Not only are there long spears of green tea leaves in this (Sencha, perhaps?) but there are also jasmine pearls. In addition to the two different types of green tea, there is an abundance of petals and blossoms, as well as pieces of citrus peel. This not only looks beautiful, but it smells amazing too.
But none of that would really matter if it didn’t also taste good… and this does. The addition of the pearls help to give this blend a really beautiful jasmine essence. The jasmine is light and sweet, with hints of floral sharpness.
The green tea is a fresh, clean taste. It is slightly grassy, but mostly what I taste is that sweet, exhilarating freshness. It marries well with the lively citrus notes and the exotic jasmine flavor.
And as much as I’m enjoying the flavors of jasmine and green tea, the real star of this cup is the tangerine flavor. It is sweet with just the right amount of “tang” to it. Those tangy notes add a very intriguing contrast to the cup that is also sweet and floral.
I have tasted this tea a few times now, and I have to say that while it is delicious hot (and it is!) … it is even better iced. It becomes pure, light, crisp refreshment in a glass.
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Summer Fruit Ambrosia Tea from Monterey Bay Spice Company
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Black
Where to Buy: Monterey Bay Spice Company
Product Description:
Summer Fruit Ambrosia smolders in the cup, a powerful and stimulating fruit tea that helps to slim the body and maintain alertness in the mind! At the heart of this fruit tea is safflower, whose vibrant red petals not only add colour, but also bring essential fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals to the infusion! Coupled with a robust black tea, this beverage is truly a “food of the gods!”
Taster’s Review:
When I think of “ambrosia,” I am reminded of the family gatherings at my gramma’s house on the 4th of July and other summertime occasions (or sometimes, no special occasion at all!) Gramma would prepare a meal for us – picnic style – that we would all enjoy out on the patio. One dish that was sure to appear at any such gathering would be ambrosia salad: a concoction of fresh and/or canned fruits mixed with mini marshmallows and whipped topping. I don’t really care so much for ambrosia salad now (it’s a bit too sweet for my liking), but when I was a kid, it was a bit like heaven in a bowl!
Well, take away the marshmallows and whipped topping, and add some black tea, and you’d have the tea that I’m enjoying right now. And I do like this better than I like ambrosia salad (sorry gramma!) because it isn’t cloying.
This is sweet, but it’s a nice level of sweetness. The fruit tones are pleasant and delicious, although they are a bit muddled. It is difficult to distinguish any individual type of fruit note – rather, it tastes a bit like a fruit punch.
The black tea is a delicious and strong black tea. It has a nice level of astringency – astringent but not too drying. It leaves the palate feeling clean, allowing this taster to enjoy the sweet aftertaste.
Overall, I find this to be quite an enjoyable tea, one that will certainly be a staple these warm months – because it tastes GREAT iced! My daughters love it too.
Watermelon Kiwi Green Tea from Culinary Teas
Tea Type: Green Tea
Where To Buy: Culinary Teas
Product Description:
Our Watermelon Kiwi Green tea has a Sencha tea base, which adds sweetness to wonderful flavor of watermelon and kiwi.
Made with all natural flavorings.
Tasters Review:
I LOVE summer! I LOVE warm weather! I LOVE Summer Fruit…especially WATERMELON! I have been waiting a while to try a nicely flavored watermelon tea and that day is finally here!
This Watermelon Kiwi Green Tea from Culinary Teas smells lovely! It has a little more watermelon than kiwi and It just intensifies as you infuse. What an awesomely flavorful aroma! It looks like a typical green tea. The taste is wonderful! It’s incredibly juicy and thirst quenching. I can still taste the mouth-watering green tea but it’s almost equally paired with the watermelon/kiwi duo! The first time I tried this – I tried it hot…my 2nd infusion was ICED and it was just as nice if not better ICED!!!!
LOVE this…Summer, warm weather, watermelon, kiwi, green tea! LOVE it!
