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Virgin Fuzzy Navel Green Tea from 52teas

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80/100

Virgin Fuzzy Navel Green Tea

Green Tea by 52teas

According to Wikipedia:

The fuzzy navel was one of the first drinks to arise in the new popularity of cocktails and mixed drinks in the 1980s. It was created by Doug Schuster in Dublin, Ohio who was working for National Distillers at the time. National Distillers owned the right to distribute a new product from DeKuyper called Peachtree Schnapps. Doug was tasked with creating new drinks containing the Schnapps. He found that it tasted best when mixed with orange juice. He christened it the “Fuzzy Navel” after the marketing department came up with the slogan, “You can taste the fuzz”.

A competing claim has its origination in Omaha Nebraska at the Wagon Tongue Bar. It was mixed by Jack Sherman, who worked for Phillips & Sons Liquor, who gave it the name “fuzzy navel”.

This fashion was described by New York Times critic William Grimes as “a kind of cult, rallying points for young drinkers in search of fun and not too picky about taste”.2

“Fuzzy” in the name refers to the peach, and “navel” to the orange.

I guess that’s better than a drink named after a hairy bellybutton.

Our Tea of the Week for the Week of February 27, 2012

8 Tasting Notes

LiberTEAS
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LiberTEAS

YUM! This is really, really good! The peach and orange go together so well with the light flavor of the green tea. Sweet and very refreshing without being too sweet. I think I’ll have to brew some of this for iced tea very soon… as good as it is hot, it’s going to be awesome iced!

2012-04-09 00:24:51 -0400
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momo
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momo 2 tasting notes

Third time’s a charm to finally get the tasting note box to pop up.

I oversteeped this so I’m not gonna rate it yet. Just FYI it brews up SUPER pale. I made it to drink iced so I completely forgot about it for a couple minutes longer than I should have, and thus it is very bitter.

BUT it smells like bananas. Like almost banana runts, which is obviously the best type of banana scent. And I can taste all the fruit and it is delicious. In fact it is so delicious that I don’t even care that it’s bitter.

2012-03-01 19:47:46 -0500
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This still has a banana runt taste! It’s probably just me. I steeped it for 2 minutes instead of forgetting about it this time, so it’s a lot smoother and I can actually rate it because it doesn’t have a bitter aftertaste.

Two minutes is probably a bit short, maybe I’d go 3 next time just to compare. It’s very pale (repeating this since it’s the reason I oversteeped it the first time) but very flavorful. It mostly tastes orange, but there’s a definite taste of juicy peach…and seriously I get that candy in the aftertaste. It’s sweet without being too sweet, and very fruity.

I will have to try it again iced, only this time I won’t oversteep it again.

2012-04-10 18:27:16 -0400
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Kittenna
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Kittenna 2 tasting notes

Both the dry tea and steeped beverage smell… citrusy and almost fizzy. Definitely getting orange peel.

Tastes like orange pop. Orange peel pop. That’s really interesting. I can barely taste the green tea beneath, but it’s definitely there. There’s also another strange flavour in there that I’m not too keen on, but I can’t identify it.

I’m not sure I’ve ever had a fuzzy navel before, but I feel like this probably tastes quite true to it. However, orange-flavoured alcoholic beverages are not my favourite, for various reasons (haha). So high marks for accuracy, but I wouldn’t choose it for myself.

That being said, a huge thank you to Amanda for yet another sample of 52teas offerings!

ETA: Second infusion tastes more orangey, and with less of the offputting taste. Also definitely more green tea. I definitely prefer this infusion. 82C/3 min.

2012-04-16 23:23:23 -0400
180 °F / 82 °C
2 min 0 sec
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It is decidedly NOT RIGHT that it is raining in the middle of January! So much for skating on my birthday this weekend.

Anyways, SIPDOWN WOOOOOOO! Used up the last of this sample from momo (thankyou!) because strangely, I’ve been craving it for a while. The first time I tried this, I remember not having a clue if it tasted true to the name or not. However, since then, I’ve actually drank a Fuzzy Navel! And I’ve gotta say that it’s pretty deliciously accurate! Citrusy-peachy on a quite nice green base. Yums. I’m drinking this cold right now (it has been sitting next to my bed for hours while I have been spending hours working on stats… and then it continued to sit there when I discovered a really awesome error that meant I had just wasted 3 hours of effort…). But anyways, the point of saying that I’m drinking it cold is that I think it’s a FABULOUS iced tea! Frank, perhaps this would be a good one to bring back for iced teas next year?? Although, with the green base please, not a black one.

2013-01-11 05:13:29 -0500
180 °F / 82 °C
2 min 45 sec
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AmazonV
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AmazonV

Steep Information:
Amount: 3tsp
Water: 500ml at 175°F
Tool: Breville One-Touch Tea Maker BTM800XL
Steep Time: 2 minutes
Served: Hot

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: Peach, orange, sweet, vegetal
Steeped Tea Smell: peach, orange, pineapple, fruity, sweet, slight vegetal
Flavor: orange pineapple, vegetal
Body: Light
Aftertaste: citrus tang
Liquor: translucent yellow-green

good! I am enjoying this for breakfast

Post-Steep Additives: touch of agave make it fruiter

Rating: 3/4 leaves

Blog: http://amazonv.blogspot.com/2012/06/52teas-loose-leaf-green-tea-virgin.html

2012-06-03 21:26:08 -0400
175 °F / 79 °C
2 min 0 sec
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silvermage2000
silvermage2000

Backlogging I got this awhile back in a swap from momo thank you very good. This tastes like peach with abit of orange and I can taste the green tea to,and I added some sugar. I may of over steeped because the green tea in this is a tad strong for me and will be more careful next time. This is really good the fruit with the peach and orange taste natural and strong and very good. thank you so much momo.

2012-11-20 02:35:01 -0500
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Corteo
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Corteo

This came in the mail today and my is it good. Yet another hit from 52teas.

This tea has a smoothness that is beautiful. I’m not a fan of green teas normally, I find them either sharp or grassy or both. But this has none of that! I’ll be having this many more times!

2012-02-29 18:54:25 -0500
200 °F / 93 °C
5 min 0 sec
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