Tropical Pineapple

Full Review on http://sororiteasisters.com/ on the 5th of Feb but for now here are the snippits:

Tropical Pineapple from The Persimmon Tree really makes me feel like listening to Jimmy Buffet music, or Calypso music. I tried this hot first, just because I do all my reviews sipping on hot tea, but then I had to toss some ice into the cup because mmmmmm it is SO very extra good iced!

The organic green base has just the right amount of butteriness to make the tropical fruit flavors really pop! There is also a natural sweetness to the tea base with just a slight amount of astringency which to me only makes it seem more like a mixed drink beverage.

The pineapple notes are excellent, but at the same time its not overdone to where it tastes like your drinking the syrup from a can of pineapple cuts. Its light enough to be refreshing yet sweet and fruity enough to appease the desire for something a little more than just a good green base tea.

This is quite different from what I was expecting. In my head, ‘Tropical Pineapple’ sounds like a pina colada type drink, heavy on the flavoring. However, this is a pretty light blend! The green base shines through, grassy and crisp. The flavors are very subdued: the pineapple tastes like some fresh squeezed juice was mixed with a nice green tea, it’s very soft and subtle. However, it’s without any tang, which I kind of expect from pineapple.

There’s another fruit taste here too—apricot maybe? Well, it tastes like apricot! Kind of rich and lightly sweet, it goes really well with the pineapple to balance it out. It’s a tropical glass without being overly tropical (not that I mind super tropical flavors, but I prefer them with a black base). Of course I had this cold brewed, for some reason I find hot teas with tropical tastes kind of… strange? Anyway, an excellent iced tea, maybe the best green I’ve tried from Persimmon—I think the flavors are balanced a lot better than Green Pomegranate. The Caramel does give this a run for its money though! Maybe I should do a side by side taste-test.

First tea of the day. No, that is a lie. I tried to improve Aztec Fire (Teavana) buy adding hot pepper flakes. I think this could work, but I used WAAAAAAAAY to much…..my throat feels burnt.

I ordered some samples from this company thanks to Awkward Soul’s note. Glad she told me…

The smell of this dry is fresh with a light pineapple smell… quite nice. The brew smells very light and fresh as well, but I don’t smell the fruit a lot. It makes a light greenish yellow liquor as well.

The taste is a little bit disappointing. While the green tea base has a nice light, crisp grassy flavor, I hardly taste any of the fruit; cold or warm. It is really more of a light after taste that comes threw on the tongue after you have taken a breath. Then again being someone who has drank Teavana teas I might be ruined, since their fruity teas beat you into submission with their fruit flavors.

Overall, I don’t hate it. It just taste more a like a plain green tea to me. I would recommend it to white tea or green tea people to try; especially at $1.25 a sample with free shipping.

Specifics
Amount: 2 1/2 tsp
Water: 28oz
Pot: Glass
Sweetener: 1 tbs light agave per 14oz glass

My 7th Persimmon Tree tea to sample. I seriously went nuts on samples for my first order at Persimmon Tree. I have like 3 more to go I think.

2t of dry tea for this steeping.

DRY: Very fruity, pineappley and sweet. When I got this tea and did the “lets smell them all” thing, Tropical Pineapple made me stop. SMELLS SOO GOOD! I’m very tempted to just eat the tea as is. That might be kinda gross though.
Very pretty with green tea leaves, blue and red bits with itty bitty pieces of fruit.

STEEPED: Green tea with a hint of fruity sweetness. Steeps up to a light yellow green.

TASTE: Light, refreshing, slightly grassy green tea up front – not mulchy, bitter or tart. Mild fruity sweetness in the background. Soft pineapple flavor aftertaste.

WHO’D DROOL OVER THIS TEA: Green tea drinkers, especially the kind that love fruittyness.

COMMENTS: I want to slide this tea to those people who still drink that bagged lawn clipping green tea fruit crap. This will convert them to real tea!

This tea is more for the peeps that want to enjoy the taste of green tea. The fruit flavoring isn’t as adventurous as I was hoping it would be and a little differnet to the other Persimmon Tree teas I’ve tried, but does a good job adding refreshyness to the tea.

Little disappointed as the smell was amazing, but tea came out more about enjoying green tea. Still very good, but not personally something I want to keep in stock in my own cupboard.