Banana Pudding Black Tea

I considered not adding milk because the flavor was quite lovely plain, but I figured it could only help the pudding aspect of it. It’s not my #1 favorite banana tea, but it’s pretty impressive! I like how the pudding flavor isn’t just cream – there’s something extra in there that really leans toward pudding. And the banana is quite flavorful as well. The rebrew is lovely – I’m sad it’s gone!

52Teas Countdown- Day 4
This tea is INCREDIBLE. I love banana teas and I’ve been happy to see try so many good ones over the last couple weeks.
This really does taste like banana pudding- the creamy custardy vanilla and banana, and even the mushy Nilla wafers. There’s even a creamy mouthfeel that enhances the experience. I already sipped through my entire bag and have ordered some more.
The only problem is that I really want a tub of banana pudding from Magnolia Bakery now.

Another one that I really like when I am in the mood for it. Today I was in the mood.

Am I the only crazy person who lugs around a huge heavy bag full of steeped tea through my day?

I was so excited when I scratched off the sticker for this tea, and when I opened it, BOOM coconut. so, while I did pick out the larger pieces of coconut (I’m not patient enough to get the smaller pieces) and tried this tea, it wasn’t something that I’d drink again. but I would like to try more banana-y teas in the future.

On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… Banana Pudding Black Tea!
Sweet freezing jeebus, it has been so goddamn cold this last couple days. Yesterday was so cold, my fat Alaskan Malamute, Kuma didn’t even want to go outside. It dumped a ton of snow on our doorstep, and temperatures dropped to -5F during the middle of the day. And to think, it was in the upper 50’s not two days before. Thanks Denver. So grateful for a steaming cup of black tea today!

I have had a couple of banana blends from 52Teas before, and I have enjoyed each one. I was unaware before opening the package that there would also be coconut in this blend. I can see the flakes of coconut being useful in achieving that creamy pudding feel in the tea. I also like the combination of flavors, it reminds me of a blend from Etsy seller Ami Tea created that Muse Monthly had in their box one month.

Check out the full review on my blog: http://itstheteamonster.blogspot.com/2016/12/12-days-of-christmas-day-5.html

I wasn’t wowed by this blend (or reblend), but it was a nice afternoon cuppa. I was a bit puzzled to see coconut in the sample bag, but, thankfully, I didn’t get a lot of coconut flavor in my cuppa. Even after cooling for ten-ish minutes, the “pudding” note wasn’t really present. I added a tiny bit of milk and that saved the cuppa for me. I love a good banana tea, and, while this one isn’t among my favorites, it was still a lovely little cuppa with good ripe banana flavor.

On the 5th Day of Christmas – I gotta tell you, I really wasn’t expecting this tea to do as well in the poll as it did. I mean – I really like this tea (a lot more than I remember liking it from the original batch) but maybe because it’s not quite as – unusual? – as say a pancake breakfast tea, I really didn’t expect it to be one of the winners of the poll.

But I’m glad it was because I love this reblend. This reblend definitely has a bit more coconut than I remember from the original blend – but I love how the coconut melds with the pudding notes. The black tea is robust and flavorful and there’s a lovely banana note.

Tasty!

Oh! Ohhhhhh!

It tastes like banana instant pudding. The kind that they serve in cafeterias with the nilla wafers. That stuff.

This really is candy-like (don’t read quite as far as Runts banana flavor, though) banana with a touch of vanilla and coconut. Pretty much spot on flavoring.

Like most the 52Teas black bases, err on the side of caution with temperature, because it gets bitter and astringent fast.

I need to latte this up with some toffee-flavored sweetener sometime. For science.

Thanks for sending this one my way to try VariaTEA I keep trying franks teas, hoping that some of them will stick for me like they did a year and a half ago, but something’s changed as none of them are ever very appealing to me, or when they are, the reblends are never true to form. This one is more coconut than banana to me. it’s anot a bad cup of tea but i’d be hard pressed to say that this was banana anything. :(

Backlog. This one is fairly similar to Banana Pudding Genmaicha. The black tea base is light-medium bodied. Compared to BPG it has a more full, custard-like and creamy mouthfeel. It definitely says “pudding” a little more clearly. The banana flavor is more pronounced in the first cup than subsequent cups. It’s sweet like a ripe banana and very smooth. The second cup was more coconut and cream for me, with a touch of caramel sweetness at the end. Third cup was thin with a hint of coconut/nutty flavor.

Honestly I prefer the genmaicha version better. This one fell a little flat to me.

Pre-boil water,
1st steep: 3 min
2nd steep: 5 min
3rd steep: 8 min