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Crisp Asian Pear with a subtle yet enduring flavor and mild fragrance.
Ingredients: Green teas from India, Japan and Ceylon, orange blossoms, and natural flavor.
Preparation: 3g tea leaves (1 heaping teaspoon) per 8oz cup of filtered water, boiled and cooled to 90°C/194°F. Allow to brew 1.5 min.
Caffeinated
Like Jill’s review notes, there is not a heck of a lot of pear flavour in this tea, but it’s a very nice flavoured green none-the-less!
It actually kind of reminds me of 52teas Cherry Cheesecake green tea. Nice and sweet, with a bit of astringency.
Thanks Jillian ! I will definitely try this iced next time!
My daughter picked this up for me today at Tin Roof Teas in Raleigh. I tried to put it in the database but it won’t let me for some reason. (Steepster has also removed a lot of people I was following and I don’t know why! Seriously, I didn’t do it! When I find it, I re-follow. My notices are also stuck at about 230 now.). I am guessing that this is the same tea so I am logging it here. Tin Roof Teas used to carry exclusively Teageschwender but now they source from several German distributors, thus my strong feeling that this is TG tea.
The steeping instructions say 194 degrees which I thought high for a green. I don’t know if my water got quite that hot, but it was pretty well up there. The steep time was suggested at one to five minutes I think, so I went about in the middle.
At first I didn’t think I was tasting the pear, but I was eating a chocolate brownie with strawberries. :)
After the tea cooled slightly, I noticed that I had that fresh, juicy, light pear flavor that lingers in your mouth when eating those delectable fruits. Yes, they really nailed the pear flavor to me. There is absolutely no bitterness, no astringency, to this green base. It is smooth and delicious, easy to swallow. Excellent, and I will definitely be restocking this one when it is gone.
We tried this tea this afternoon. This was a generous sample from Ashmanra. Thank you!
It’s got a good pear flavor to it. It actually tastes like pear juice was added to my tea. I’ve had an asian pear one time before I think. I’m not really up on how greatly differs from other pears. I do remember I liked the texture better. The green tea is just slightly vegital and sweet. It’s also creamy in a sort of buttery way. All around a good tea to drink in the afternoon. I bet this one is great iced as well.
Yup, another one out of the Travelling Teabox – at this rate it’ll take me forever to go through it. :D
As it turns out it’s not super pear-y; I think pear is another one of those flavours that is difficult to replicate, as I have yet to find a company who has it spot-on. This tea takes a decent stab at it, however. It’s delicately fruity without tasting artificial and there are vague pear notes, although in general I gotta say that it’s more of an indistinct fruit flavour than anything else. The green tea base is decent as well; not too bitter, and subtle enough so that it acts as an accessory to the fruit flavours rather than overwhelming them.
It yields a resteep that isn’t weak or watery, which is a point in its favor – lots of teas are great tasting for the first round but the resteep is total fail.
Keeping this one. :D
I got this as my free sample. I really like this tea! I haven’t been a fan of the apple or fruit teas from TeaGschwendner, but this tea has changed my mind. The pear flavor is wonderful, light, and tastes like it smells. Crisp is the one word to describe it. I would consider getting this again. The green tea blend is quite tasty, medium flavor.
This is a beautiful tea. The blossoms contrast nicely with the tea leaves. If only I’d won that Steepster Holiday contest -- This would be a great tea for the Sorapot!
