Green Tea Strawberry Vanilla

MMMMM….loving the smell of the tea leaves :) I bought a 6ozish sized container of this when I was at the O’Hare airport the beginning of July. The container is thick glass (unfortunately clear glass, so the tea will be affected by light, but it resides in my dark cupboard when not in use). The glass lets you see the leaves and strawberry pieces and it looks very nice, the leaves are dark and long.

While steeping this tea is very fragrant. It is sweet and tart, similar to strawberry fro-yo with a sencha background. On the tongue it isn’t quite so yogurty but more of a sweet strawberry flavor. The sencha is a great pairing for the strawberry and vanilla flavor as it is upholding it’s own against the strong strawberry. The vanilla adds a little creaminess to this tea. I wouldn’t need milk or sugar for this brew, it is good and flavorful on it’s own. Very happy I was able to get some of this tea.

Meghann M…thanks so much for sending me a bit of this tea! You are wonderful!!!!

This smells AWESOME! I can see the dried strawberry bits nomnomnom.

This has a strong green tea taste…a bit on the grassy side and a very aromatic strawberry seduction to it…lovely! Good both hot and cold!!!!

Thank you to TeaEqualsBliss for sending me a bit of this tea to try! It’s quite nice!

It smells very good – like fresh strawberries (always a welcome aroma!) The notes of vanilla are a little less apparent in the fragrance, but I think that is just because the strawberry scent is so strong.

The flavor is very smooth. Strawberry-licious! The green tea is the strongest flavor in the cup and it has a slight grassy-bitter taste to it, but it isn’t bad at all. The strawberry sweetens it up so nicely that the grassy note gives this cup some interest. The vanilla is not strong here at all, it is a background note, like a hint of cream with the berries. Very nice.

Water was too hot, I ruined what would have been a good cup of tea. sigh will try again when I can give it better attention.

Backlog

The wife was kind enough to pick some tea out for me at the store the other day. I’ve been wanting to drink tea at work, but with the setup that I have, I can only afford to drink tea, within the space given, either grandpa style or bagged teas. Now, I like drinking grandpa style, but there are few teas that I own that I truly enjoy doing that with; therefore, my other option is to have bagged tea that’s not Lipton.
I am grateful to have a wife who will cautiously purchase something that I may like without sugar. She knows the profile of [bagged] tea that I prefer, but also knows that anything is better than Lipton. ;)
I gave this a try first since I was in the mood for something sweet, but didn’t want to get a candy bar from the vending machine—all on the account that I need to cut out the sweets at work.
Notes: Sweet & consistent strawberry. Slightly astringent and a little sour.

Overall, it was a good tea for what it was.

Didn’t really enjoy this much. It could have been the scent which reminded me of some sort of strawberry nutrigrain. The taste did too. Just something about it was way off. I tried it cold too thinking it would be better that way, and it is better cold but still not that good.

This wedding stuff is for the birds! Between wedding planning, being a mom, and work, I’m missing out on drinking some fantastic tea and checking out whats up on Steepster. I think I’m seeing the end of the tunnel. After having my diamond cracked by the jeweler this month, the venue for the reception trying to tell me delicately that they overbooked, and my photographer almost being a no show, I was about ready to call off the wedding completely. All is fine now, but geez, that was all in a week where work was non stopped and things were nutty. Sorry, enough of my whining!

So this tea is like drinking candy and giving me and my sweet tooth something to cheer about. My stresses are still there but it isn’t so bad. I’m surprised at how good this tea is. Argo Tea has always been hit or miss but this one is spot on. My sister-in-law picked this up for me for my tea themed bridal shower, from Target in a bagged form. I think I need to head down there to see what else they have from Argo Tea!

http://www.cuppageek.com/index.php/2015/10/12/a-perfect-blend-my-tea-themed-bridal-shower/

This tea is a little too floral-y for my preferences, but it’s perfectly drinkable. The strawberry gets a bit drowned out by the vanilla, but I like vanilla. It does not resteep well.