Marshmallow Treat Genmaicha

First the smell of the dry tea alone is amazing. It smells like sweet marshmallowy goodness and the roasted rice gives it the perfect toast smell to it. I got the most recent reblended version of this so I was really excited that I would get to try it :-)

Oh wow this is amazing. I wish this was on the permanent list on 52teas I would buy it all the time! The combination of marshmallow root and the roasted rice is perfect I am surprised more companies haven’t tried making this before. But that’s what makes Frank great, he makes blends other companies don’t even think of.

I am sipping this cuppa as I write this and I just can’t get over how good this is. Yum!
Bravo Frank!

I’m not sure if it’s me or the tea, but it tastes really odd to me. The first time I brewed it, it came off as chemical-y. This time, it tastes like cardboard with a green tea background. I’ll put it aside and give it one more try in the future, but if it doesn’t work out, I may have to bin it. :(

Backlog from… I don’t know when. It’s been bonkers around here lately, what with Thanksgiving and then my hubby getting delayed at boot camp, and traveling all over creation, and Christmas shopping… just nuts. I have been drinking my way through the Bestsellers Sampler that I got from the ill-fated Kickstarter, and this is just one of many back logged reviews you’ll see from me in the near future.

Anyway! The tea. This one smelled pleasantly rice-y, with some nutty notes and grassy notes and then, over it all, the creamy sweet marshmallow scent. Not sure if it all rolls together to create “marshmallow treat,” but I’m definitely getting marshmallow and rice smells from the dry leaf, so we’re on the right track!
The brew was… WOW, sweet. As in, I assumed it would need sugar, so I added half of my usual amount, and it was SO sweet, I almost couldn’t find the green tea at all! I won’t be making that mistake again! It definitely did not disappoint, as it tasted very much like a dessert at that point. :) And I love dessert, so, yeah. Probably this is not one I will keep stocked, but it was nice to finally see what all the fuss is about.

This is pretty nice. I think I expected more marshmallow flavor. I have a vanilla creamer that tastes like marshmallows, maybe I should add a dash of that.

Edit.
I am REALLY craving marshmallow treats now. Damnit, Frank.

Got this in the post this morning – very excited, especially afetr reading all the sparkling reviews it has.

Anyway, it has so many marshmallows in the mix, and I’m really tempted to eat them. But I won’, I will be good and save them for the tea. So, my cup has three little marshmallows in it and they are dissolving in the hot water very nicely. And this taste just like marshmallow treats! The first thing I taste is just the genmaicha, but then I get a more marshmallow-treat taste after that, which is quite sweet and really good.

Vegan!
Great flavor. This is what Genmaicha should always taste like. Love the real marshmallow root. This is sweet, smooth with a hint of vanilla. Yum

This is the first tea I have been able to taste in almost two weeks! I had sinus surgery and just got the packing out that was preventing me from smelling and tasting. I came home and opened up a few of the new teas I got and was able to smell them for the first time! This tea won the sniff test of what I was going to drink first.

When I smell the dry tea, I’m hit by a huge sweet smell that I can imagine being the marshmallow part of the treats. I taste the toasted rice flavor when I sip the tea, but don’t get a sweet flavor translating from that sweet smell. Adding a little sugar really completes the taste, bringing out more of the marshmallow flavor for me. This is a really fun tea! I can see why so many people love it!

Delicious! Today (although it’s only Monday) was my Friday, since I have the next two days off. Usually that makes for an especially long and tedious day, however, this was the perfect tea to energize me and calm my nerves with it’s perfectly-balanced sweet demeanor. It cheered me up and allowed me make it through! It has a toasted quality that I assume is because of the Genmaicha, and the marshmallows complement divinely. A most intriguing concoction and wonderful addition to the 12 days of christmas lineup! So far they’ve all been a hit!

I have one thing to say about this tea: Wow. I have the vegan version and as soon as I opened the package my mouth started watering from the sweet marshmallow scent. After steeping it, I must say it is super delicious. It’s naturally sweet and really smooth. I love it! 52teas should add this to the permanent collection.

I was absolutely blow away by how fragrant this tea is both brewed and the dry tea leafs. When it arrived I had to literally pry it from my husbands hands … and he is not even a tea drinker! Once brewed the blend tastes exactly like marshmallow treats BUT is not sickly sweet like the actual treat itself. I only recently discovered 52teas so this is the first time I have had the pleasure of trying this one – and it lives up to the high praise. My only knock against this blend is that its all gone! :( Frank, this is tea is AMAZING and I standby my promise to buy 2lbs if you ever blend anymore. (…please do)