Pomegranate Hibiscus Green

This tea has a wonderful fruity flavor without being overpowering. The flavor is also very natural and doesn’t taste artificial.

Hey I made a GungFu in Gravity Gaiwan. the first infusion being 3 minutes at 85C. Therein the tastes are remarkable and only slight hibiscus oil present, a plus. The pomegranate starts out mild and then goes away almost completely. The second press through the GGW yields a golden color liquor where the tea is very much like a gunpowder I might have ordered at dim sum. Fabulous and intensely tart.

This I’s a green tea with pomegranate and hibiscus. I steeped it for two minutes. With the combo of the pomegranate and the hibiscus gets too tart for me.

So I decided to end the night with something a little different. I took out my bag of pomegranate hibiscus green from my order from Tropical Tea Co. way back when. And decided to make myself a glass of iced tea. (I hardly ever drink tea iced.)

I do love that Tropical Tea Co. makes donations to Water is Life, so I ordered a few teas (mostly flavored ones) from them but found their taste to be too flowery for my taste. The other problem is that they packaged them in plastic ziploc bags so the scent seeps through. I know I should put them in better bags or tins, but I don’t have any extra tins at the moment.

Hooray! I didn’t over-steep it! My philosophy was to steep until I “got all the good out of it.” But if it’s undrinkable, or I have to add milk and sugar to everything, the tea journey becomes ridiculous. So I got a timer and summoned the ol’ self-discipline. And I like this tea without anything added. 2 min 45 sec, just like the man said. I’m so proud of myself ….. =)