Today’s cup is a Mango Green Tea from Touch Organic.

As far as flavored green teas in tea bags go, this one is actually pretty nice.

The aroma isn’t all that strong, but the flavor is pretty decently balanced. It tastes like this is a bancha with mango flavoring though instead of mango pieces..

Morning Cup #27

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Friday is Black Tea, Floral Tea, Fruit Tea, Chai and Pu’erh Review Day!

Even though this tea is a Rooibos… I really consider it more of a fruit tea. Stash provided me bagged samples of their new Chanakara brand teas designed to target each of your seven primary chakras.

This tea was bagged, so it’s harder to jusge the colors, sizes of leaves and ingredients you can see, not to mention the vivaciousness of the aroma is more subdued before brewing. However, from what I could tell the bag was a little less than 1/3 filled and deffinitely with dust or fanning grade particles not as condusive to brewing a flavorful beverage.

This tea brews to a rather pretty honeyed amber-red. It really looks very good in a mug.

The aroma hints of hibiscus and raspberry but is extremely subtle. I really had to nose in to get the flavors from the smell.

Speaking of flavors… this tea tastes of dried strawberries, hibiscus blossoms, light raspberry and citrus flavors are also present.

This tea has a very light but protracted tail, creating a longing for more… like a soft sensual touch.

I wouldrecommend this tea to anyone who is a fan of fruity teas. You may want to brew it longer than recommended for more flavorful results.

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Friday is Black Tea, Floral Tea, Fruit Tea, Chai and Pu’erh Review Day!

It must be raspberry week here on Tea-Guy! This light bodied raspberry flavored Earl Grey blend from Zhena’s Gypsy Tea is certified organic and fair trade as well as gluten and allergen free.

A lot of raspberry teas fall short when it comes to flavor. This Raspberry Earl tea from Zhena’s comes in about average, but it might be because of the tea bags I was provided instead of the loose tea version.

Appearance wise, the tea comes in round paper sachets which appear to have rolled dust and fannings contained within. It’s hard to get psyched when you don’t have much of a visual to go on.

The tea brews a deep amber liquor (color) which certainly has its own appeal.

The aroma steps this blend up a notch providing a nice raspberry & bergamot blending with just a hint of citrus.

The flavor disappointed a bit with light astringency and by providing a flavor which was a bit more earl than raspberry. It was also lightly sweet, but my guage wants to say it’s the combination of raspberry tartness and bergamot which gives me that impression.

This tea didn’t have much of a tail as it wasn’t perticularly bold and the sweetness softnes the usual finish of the earl grey blend.