Strawberry & Vanilla

Thank you to Will Work For Tea for sending me a bit of this to try. This is my first experience with a Lupicia tea and I was excited to get to try it out since I have only even read good things about the company.

This tea reminds me of fresh and delicious strawberry ice cream. (and I didn’t even add cream to mine!) There is a lingering sweetness but also a light green tea crisp flavor that really pairs well in this tea.

I imagine this one is delicious over ice. Next time I make a glass of iced tea I think I will give this one a try again.

I brewed a cup of this after the disastrous cup of Jessie’s Tea (by David’s Tea) – I needed something to rinse my mouth and get rid of the artificial coconut taste that lingered. This tea turned out to be a green tea that had a creamy texture and mellow vanilla + grassy flavour. I could only detect the presence of strawberries in the dry leaves; there’s hardly any sweetness or fruity flavour in the liquor. And the rose petals inside the tea bag were obviously purely for decorative purpose. Not as exciting as its name has promised (I was hoping for a tea that tasted like strawberries and cream!) and not a tea that I would buy, but it had effectively served its purpose for sure.

the first thing that i noticed and loved was the packaging, which had steeping time recommendations as well as brewing tips. then when i opened the package, i felt like someone was cutting strawberries on a spring day with the sunlight streaming in. in short the smell was heavenly! beyond the smell you could tell that the quality of the tea was ideal as the leaves were not too dry and there were full (not crushed) rose petals.

i brewed this tea after a heavy brunch and the green tea with hint of rose with vanilla (which gave it the fruity taste) was a perfect way to clean the leftover taste of potatoes and eggs.

although it is recommended to be enjoyed with milk i loved the tea simply with water.

Smells like… well, strawberry and vanilla. Has a bit of matcha on top of the green tea base. This was a part of my tea latte set that came with eight different tea bags, so I tried it with warm milk and a cube of sugar to make a flavored matcha latte and liked it. I’d buy this again.

As other people have noted, the leaves smell just like Strawberry Quik! After smelling them, I brewed this tea with some trepidation, but the actual taste turned out to be a lot less in-your-face than I was expecting. It isn’t anything like as overpoweringly sweet and fruity as the scent of the leaves, but quite subtle and smooth and with a teensy bit of a tart/citrusy edge to it . I was a bit surprised to find how easy it was to keep drinking this tea and I’ll definitely be revisiting it. I might try it with some milk next time, in keeping with the Quik theme.

I’m still trying to find a good steep time for this. The recommended 2 minutes & 30 seconds doesn’t have enough flavor for me but 3 minutes seems too bitter. Even so, it tastes pretty good and the smell is amazing.

Although it smells strongly of strawberry. it has more of a matcha taste to me. I bet it goes great with milk but sadly I have none. I wouldn’t reach for this everyday but it’s nice enough.

Goes well iced. Not a big fan of this tea hot.

Followed the directions of 2mins at boiling. In the bag it smelled like Strawberry Quik but the brewed tea has a slightly more tart smell. Tastes… odd. Like it should be overpoweringly sweet or sour but is neither but rather a nice, mild mix of the two. Put some milk in the second half to see how it was… makes it taste very dessert-like but still not overpowering in flavor. I think it’d be an awesome smoothie.

Very sweet taste. The aroma is too much like an artificially sweetened candy for my taste. Flavors of green tea in it its best qualities. Does not taste like a cheap Kirkland green.

This was my very first loose leaf tea, back in the day! I RUINED A LOT OF MY FIRST BATCHES OF IT and made it super bitter because HAHA I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING but once I got the hang of it it was great! I ran out of it now but I would really love to give this tea another shot in the future because the smell is absolutely PHENOMENAL!

Beautiful, clean taste. The strawberry and vanilla flavors are a nice compliment to the green tea. It is very refreshing, perfect for a warm day!

I like this a lot. The smells of these teas are very strong and pleasant. This one smells like candy and nesquik powder. I do taste similar hints, though a little less sweet. I don’t like to steep this very long though, b/c the actual green tea becomes too bitter to me (I use 1 tsp per 8oz). I also use a lower temp b/c I feel more comfortable steeping just about any green tea around 160-180 if I can help it, under boiling if I can’t. It is a bit creamy, and of course, floral. I don’t use milk to save myself some calories, and I don’t particularly care to sweeten it. i’m sure it’s even better though.

Going against Lupicia’s recommendation of boiling water (I generally don’t use boiling water for green tea), I steeped this tea at 185 for two minutes. The resulting flavor is closer to rose or cherry rather than strawberry, but the vanilla is really nice. The scent is enticing! think this tea would be great for company or with some fresh strawberries.

This was the first loose leaf tea that I ever purchased. Considering that I had no knowledge on tea, I found myself enjoying the slightly sweet flavour that the tea had to offer. I completely agree with the description that is given about this tea, because it works so well with milk. The recipe for Strawberry & Vanilla Late (milk tea) that was given to me upon purchase is what has had me purchasing this tea time and time again.

Great tea, a must try.

I haven’t tried it with milk, but it is really good with just a little sweetner.

I have never tried this tea iced but loved it hot with just a bit of milk – the flavour still held with 2 infusions. Very unique tea with a nice sweet strawberry taste.