Very excited by these three new ‘cold brew’ teas.
My only issue with them is just the marketing that these three new cold brew flavours are ‘safe’ for cold brewing because they undergo a special processing step, implying that typical cold brewing with normal teas isn’t safe. I mean, I get it to an extent; there definitely is an issue regarding sun tea and bacteria growth but I’ve never found any study that’s proved the same about cold brewing so long as you’re keeping the steeping tea in a controlled temperature environment (like your fridge). So that’s just a personal thing that kind of rubs me the wrong way.
That said, I’ve always wanted to make sun tea because of the romanticism/aesthetic of it but never have because of the bacteria growth issue and this gives me the solution to that…
This is the flavour I’m least excited about, so it’s the one I’m starting with first. Better to not end of a disappointing note – hopefully, anyway. The dry leaf certainly smells nice; very sweet and peachy with an almost lemon curd quality to it too. I was a little taken aback trying this out though; I followed the package directions but the flavour was a lot lighter/milder than anticipated. I will say that it was very smooth and silky, with zero bitterness or astringency but it also lacked the robustness/juicy quality that the dry leaf aroma has.
The peach notes were nice – definitely a more natural/realistic take on peach rather than the peachy candy sort of notes I’m used to from Just Peachy. I didn’t get lemon the same way I did from the dry leaf. Very grassy tasting green tea; like very apparent base tea flavours. No mistaking this as green tea, which is probably why I didn’t love it. Peach just isn’t my favourite flavour in the world nor is green tea my favourite kind of tea. So while it didn’t taste but it just didn’t taste good, to me at least, anyway.
Probably better suited for someone who actually likes green tea and has a stronger appreciation of peach…
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