Green and Fruity

Tea type
Fruit Rooibos Blend
Ingredients
Apple, Artificial Flavouring, Candied Papaya, Green Rooibos, Mango, Natural Flavours, Red Rooibos
Flavors
Fruity, Wood, Mango, Peach, Tropical, Grass, Green, Honey, Melon
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Caffeine
Caffeine Free
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Average preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 5 min, 30 sec 6 g 19 oz / 557 ml

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Now that’s fresh.

When it comes to rooibos, some say green is the new red. Because while red rooibos tastes great, some say the new wave of unoxidized green rooibos is even better. What’s so special? The production process, which is similar to that of green tea, gives it a smooth, fresh taste. Here we’ve topped it up with the tropical flavours of papaya, apple, mango and peach.

Ingredients: South African green and red rooibos, apple, mango, papaya.

About DAVIDsTEA View company

DavidsTea is a Canadian specialty tea and tea accessory retailer based in Montreal, Quebec. It is the largest Canadian-based specialty tea boutique in the country, with its first store having opened in 2008.

131 Tasting Notes

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1186 tasting notes

So its my first day of work at my first totally full time job! O.o I am hiding away at my cubicle on lunch break because I’m too shy to talk to Ppl still haha :( and I brought this tea with me to work in my timolino! Very tasty and refreshing this morning :) i’m unsure how I’m going to brew my tea at work, there a keurig that everyone uses, but I saw a kettle, so maybe I’ll use that? Or just bring travel mugs lol, i’ll figure it out when I’m not so nervous! See previous notes on this tea!

Mercuryhime

Oh yay! Congrats! I’d say use the kettle if you have a reliable water source. Or bring a water filter. Everything made with a Keurig tastes like stale coffee. And you’ll get to know your work mates eventually. Maybe make them some tea. :)

CHAroma

Congrats on the new job!!

mrs.stenhouse12

Thanks guys :) yeah I’ll probably check out the kettle this week, I also will probably get over my shyness in a week or 2 haha i usually get really chatty after a while lol

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6444 tasting notes

I prepped this to cold brew for tomorrow and that left me with one serving left. Made hot it is not bad. I think papaya is the most prominent element. There is also a hint of rooibos but I think it works as it is neither woodsy or medicinal, just a subtle base for the fruit to stand on. I wish there was a touch more fruit flavor but I can still enjoy the cup.

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec
Yvonne

Reminded me a lot of orange juice.

VariaTEA

Really? I definitely didn’t get that. I guess that is the beauty of steepster – everyone experiencing teas differently.

Roswell Strange

I like Main Squeeze better ;)

Yvonne

^ THAT’S the one that reminded me of orange juice! I get them both confused, haha

mewakeling

You might get more fruit out of the cold brew, I did. :)

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2816 tasting notes

I have to admit after I steeped this (twice) I picked the fruit out and ate it. I’ts kind of nice when your tea can also provide you with a snack. I am fruity, perhaps.

Preparation
2 min, 30 sec
Mercuryhime

I have eaten the fruit from my tea more than a few times myself. Why waste it, right? :)

Indigobloom

I do that all the time!! esp with my Whisky White :P

TeaBrat

I’m glad I’m not the only one! :)

ScottTeaMan

I once ordered a White Macadamia Nut black tea from Stash Tea yrs ago & the nuts tasted bitter to me then. ://

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357 tasting notes

mmmm…I’ve been trying so many types of delicious rooibos teas lately that I’m not sure why I didn’t like it not that long ago. I think this is my first green rooibos, although technically this is a red and green blend. The mango is such a beautiful aspect in this rooibos, slurp, so tasty. I’m not sure why but I tend to confuse peach and mango flavored things, although in reality, a peach and a mango don’t taste at all alike to me. I enjoyed this tea hot and as it cooled it remained tasty. I wouldn’t say it knocked my socks off as much as some of my favorite honeybush teas, but it’s well on its way…hmmm…maybe just one sock :)

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1220 tasting notes

First in trying new things is drinking everything from previous swaps. Thank you Krystaleyn for this one!

I used all I was sent to make some iced tea so I could also remove it from my spreadsheet (it was #100 which is rather…scary). I’m enjoying the steep hot and pour over ice method with rooibos and this is no exception. I let it steep longer than necessary first since I’m finding it necessary to complain a lot about gerrymandering.

Did I mention I have a test on Foreign Policy tomorrow and a paper on the Vietnam War due Friday? I still feel the need to rant about another realm of polisci entirely, haha. But really I am annoyed to find I have been moved away from a really awesome congressman into the dungeon of the northern suburbs.

So yes this tea. It is probably one of the best green rooibos blends I’ve had to date, although that hasn’t been many. It just really lacks the grassy herb flavor that’s stood out to me in some others. I remembered this time to use a t-sac instead of trying to strain to no avail.

In the first few sips, I taste a lot of papaya. The aftertaste is very sweet (probably the apple), although it still has that green rooibos flavor that I’m not sure about. As it’s cooled a bit more with the ice, there’s peach joining the papaya. I’ve become a peach snob after the ones I had from the farmer’s market so this isn’t up to par, hahaha. I think that the weird aftertaste I get with the peach comes from the green rooibos though.

I would possibly get this again. I love papaya but I never really get anything papaya flavored. It reminds me of my brother’s hamster he had about 6 years ago. His name was Mr. Nibbles and he absolutely loved yogurt covered dried papaya chunks. This tea reminds me of him with those dried pieces in here!

Azzrian

Good luck on your tests!!

Kittenna

Hmmm, I’ll have to revisit this one myself. My last experience (a to-go cup of it) was pretty gross, but I think it was a steeping problem…

Daniel Scott

Sorry, this isn’t about the tea, but you’re a poli sci major? What do you like about it, and what do you plan to do with it? Curious because my current field of study isn’t working out (I’m very inclined to think at this point that I have an undiagnosed math LD, and it makes the chemistry and physics portions of my degree murderous), so now I’m torn between poli sci and business management.

momo

I’m both an economics and polisci major, polsci originally was just going to be a minor but it wasn’t much more to do both. They’re so intertwined anyway, but really I enjoy polisci a lot more. I really enjoy classes on comparative analysis, my favorite so far has been comparative political economy: who spends what differently and on what, etc. I’ve also been really interested in monetary/fiscal policy sort of things, which was another reason to also get into political science at a higher level than just a minor. Eventually I would like to work in some kind of international economics organization like the OECD in the future, or a central bank.

CHAroma

Mr. Nibbles! So cute! XD

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218 tasting notes

Iced green and fuity and barre class – a match made in heaven. Did wonders during my Boxing Day class, and was easier on the stomach than red rooibos which I’ve tried before.

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761 tasting notes

I had this a long time ago, and I think I fell in love with Swampwater after this so I haven’t had any in a while, but I opted to try this again because of the green rooibos, and having been told by a friend that I am dehydrated, and green rooibos supposing to be good for that sort of thing. When I opted for some caffeine-free options, I had wanted to make sure they would be just as good hot, as iced, as I do find many herbals are better suited for iced only. This one is definitely suited for both, and since it is still periodically chilly and rainy here, hot is good.

In terms of a rooibos, green is way better than red in my book. And the fruits in this one are super yummy. I used too much sugar though…this is one I can definitely cut back on, cuz it is pretty sweet to start with.

Although I did source more Swampwater locally, I might opt to keep this one in rotation for a bit.

OMGsrsly

I’m going to have to try this one. Maybe I’ll stop at Davids tomorrow (pay day!!!) after work and get 20g.

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284 tasting notes

I would have never EVER bought a tea called “green and fruity”. But since someone generously put a bag of this in the cupboard at work, well, why not?

I drank it hot and then lukewarm. Basically I was busy and couldn’t finish a cup while it was still hot. It was surprisingly good! I got papaya at the beginning and then as it cooled off I got more peach than other stuff. Maybe mango. It should only matter to you if you dislike one of the two (peach or mango)" otherwise you won’t care. It’s a nice, ripe fruit taste. Really, really good. As in, I’m going to buy this for an iced drink instead of Coco Lemon Thai good. I couldn’t believe this is Rooibos.

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec

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525 tasting notes

Green rooibos and I are new best friends. Especially this one. It’s very fruity and sweet with big chunks of dried fruit. I can definitely taste the peach and mango. It’s the candy version of these fruits but I’m ok with that. It adds to the illusion of sweetness even without sugar. There is a bit of flavor after taste that leaves me feeling like I just finished some candy. And of course my husband loved it because it was sweet and fruity. Yay. I have just enough left after my pot of tea to make a large pitcher of cold brewed yummy. That’s the fella’s favorite way of having tea. Cold, fruity and sugared up. Hopefully, I get a taste of it before he sugars up the whole pitcher. I also love that it’s caffeine free. I wish I wasn’t so sensitive to caffeine.

Preparation
Boiling 7 min, 45 sec

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516 tasting notes

Perfect cold steep!

I like this much better than steeping then pouring over ice, because my ice tends to have a slight freezer taste, no matter how fresh they might be.
Cold steep it is!

Used one perfect teaspoon for a 12 oz container.

Preparation
Iced 8 min or more
Faith

Loooooove this tea, should probably buy more.

nomadinjeopardy

Ugh, freezer taste! I know exactly what you mean and prefer cold brewing for the same reason.

Daisy Chubb

Freezer taste ruins everything ; 3; popcicles.. hamburger soup.. grandma’s cabbage rolls.

But green and fruity makes everything better ^^

Lisa

I really loved this iced, so I will definitely try cold brewing

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