The third Lupicia tea that I tried from my recent order.
I kept telling myself I’d hold back and wait to finish some older teas before digging into these, but I was too damn excited. I have zero restraint at the best of times, to be honest.
This was the first one to disappoint me, sadly.
I’m not sure where the caramel is?
I added some milk, which brought out the creamy aspect, but really I was just tasting a toasty green tea. Perhaps there’s an underlying sweetness that one could attribute to caramel flavouring, but I am not that one.
Maybe different steeping parameters would make a difference.
It also doesn’t help that to me this tastes a lot like Harney and Son’s Tokyo, which I also bought recently.
And which I haven’t reviewed yet, but did try, and found the caramel taste to be lacking from that also.
Thus far, my favourite caramel flavoured green tea is still the one from Persimmon Tree.
I shall keep messing with these other two though, lawd knows I have enough!
If anyone would like to try this, hit me up. I was so excited to taste it after reading other reviews, but I feel as though I’m definitely missing something.
Courtney compared it to Nina’s Japon in her review, and strangely enough I also found that one to be suspiciously lacking in caramel taste. Maybe my tongue is broken where caramel is concerned. Or maybe I’d notice it if I tried sweetening these teas.
Ah well. So far the only disappointment from my long awaited Lupicia order!
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Darn! I really enjoyed this one. I hope the others work out a bit better. :)
I also didn’t taste much caramel in Nina’s Japon. But it was still pretty good
Did you add any sweetener, just a bit it bring out the caramel? I haven’t try this tea, just guessing. Also I’ve noticed more flavors as tea cools.
I really liked this one too – love the nutty roasty hojicha, I thought that gave it a bit of “burned sugar” that I associate with caramel.
Sorry that you aren’t enjoying it – but you seem to like most of your Lupica order – maybe this one just isn’t meant to be…
I didn’t mind the nutty/roasty hojicha, I just didn’t get much else out of it! I’m wondering if my idea of what caramel is doesn’t line up with reality, haha. I will try this again with a bit of sugar though!
Darn! I really enjoyed this one. I hope the others work out a bit better. :)
I also didn’t taste much caramel in Nina’s Japon. But it was still pretty good
Did you add any sweetener, just a bit it bring out the caramel? I haven’t try this tea, just guessing. Also I’ve noticed more flavors as tea cools.
I really liked this one too – love the nutty roasty hojicha, I thought that gave it a bit of “burned sugar” that I associate with caramel.
Sorry that you aren’t enjoying it – but you seem to like most of your Lupica order – maybe this one just isn’t meant to be…
I didn’t mind the nutty/roasty hojicha, I just didn’t get much else out of it! I’m wondering if my idea of what caramel is doesn’t line up with reality, haha. I will try this again with a bit of sugar though!