Another sample from LiberTEAS! Yum!
This one smells oddly familiar to me; I wonder if it’s another 52teas blend that I’m thinking of? I can’t place it though. It’s a good sort of familiar though! It does smell banana-y/peachy.
I steeped this one for a conservative 2 minutes, and it perhaps could have used a bit more to add a bit of strength, but the plus side is that I’m rewarded with zero astringency! And the flavours are still there. I can taste a bit of seaweedy green tea, and then a delicious peachy flavour comes out, with creamy banana lurking in the background. I feel like the peach flavour isn’t quite as tasty as I would have liked – it tastes almost like a slightly underripe peach where the flavour isn’t fully developed, instead of a juicy, ripe, dripping peach. Still tasty though. A bit of sugar would perhaps make the flavours come out more, but I am still determined to avoid that!
I had written off most flavoured green teas because I wasn’t enjoying them, but this one is good. I think it’s partially because for whatever reason, I’m not always a big fan of citrus mixed with green tea, and DavidsTea put out what seemed like quite a number of those recently, none of which I particularly cared for.
I’m looking forward to additional infusions of this one… there’s a big chunk of presumably peach in my infuser, and I’m hoping that a bit of sitting wet will help the flavour to come out in the second cup. I’m contemplating cold-brewing the rest of my sample of this one, as I think it would do well…
I miss this tea. I still can’t understand why it was never very popular. I guess when you offer stuff like Butterbeer and bacon tea, banana peach is just ho hum. LOL.
NO! I want to try this Frank bring it back!
Frank there are new tea drinkers all the time to make an old GOOD idea profitable! :)
Frank: I don’t know why it was not popular either… I understand that the combo may seem a little on the mild side compared to some of your other amazing blends, but, the balance of flavors is just so magnificent here. Definitely one of my favorite ones iced. Sadly, my stash is nearly gone, I think I have enough for one more pitcher of iced tea.
This would be a great addition to the SBT line then!
What a pefect flavor combo!
I too really liked this one when I tried it in the first 12 Xmas teas sampler. I didn’t think I would before I had it, but it was eminently sipable.