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“So, like last year, I’m doing a “Mugtober” challenge where I’m featuring a different mug from my collection in my stories every day this month. Last year there was simultaneously a tea challenge...” Read full tasting note
Make a simple, homemade iced tea with this delicious blend. Gives 6.5l of tea that will keep for up to 5 days in the fridge.
This caffeine-free refreshing blend creates a perfect balance between the velvety, sweet aromas of rooibos and the tangy flavours of tropical fruits such as mango and coconut. The flavours are enhanced by a subtle presence of turmeric.
A delightful beverage that evokes the heavenly atmosphere of the lagoons of the Pacific archipelagos.
Enjoy it hot or as an iced tea
Cold Brew for one cup
Use 1 tsp (2.5g) of is blend into 250 ml of cold water
Add sugar to taste (around 1/2 tps / 250 ml)
Leave 10 to 12 hours in the fridge and filter
Hot Brew
Use 2 tsp (5g) for 250 ml of boil water
Add sugar to taste (around 1/2 tsp / 250 ml)
Infuse 5 minutes and pour on a cup of ice
Ingredients: Rooibos*, apple pomace*, apple*, sweet blackberry leaves*, citric acid, turmeric* , coconut pieces*, flavouring (mango), flavouring (pineapple), flavouring (coconut), mango*. *organic
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So, like last year, I’m doing a “Mugtober” challenge where I’m featuring a different mug from my collection in my stories every day this month. Last year there was simultaneously a tea challenge being run by another IG tea friend so I was picking mugs/teas based on that challenge.
This year I’m just choosing the mugs based on why I want to highlight, but I am secretly (ie. I haven’t officially said this on IG) trying to pair up a tea to each mug I choose. The first day I did the Chinese Matcha from Bitterleaf that I just reviewed with a mug with green gloops on it. This was the tea for October 2nd, and I picked it out because the mug was shark themed. So, tropical tea inspired by a country with sharks. You get the idea, hopefully.
The tea itself was pretty nice! Definitely has an oiliness in mouthfeel from the fat that’s steeped out of the coconut pieces, but it didn’t really bother me. The taste is a little bright and sharp before those creamier coconut notes really hit. Definitely a punch of tropical mango, but not necessarily in tandem with sweetness. Don’t worry, though, the sweetness does eventually come in the after taste in the form of a heavy, lingering and mouth coating licorice root note. Not a favourite flavour of mine, and not super well integrated into the rest of the profile IMO.
The rooibos is also pretty strong, with a distinct woody character. I like rooibos, but because it’s so prominent I probably wouldn’t recommend this blend to someone more sensitive to those mineral notes of red rooibos.
It’s not a bad blend at all, but there’s just some qualities that I found a touch rough around the edges. Personally, I would reach for DT’s Mango Sunset over this one since both are mango and coconut rooibos blends. I just think the green rooibos in the DT blend is less abrasive and though the DT blend is certainly much sweeter overall I do think that sweetness is better integrated. Obviously I have a HUGE bias, though.
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW4EfjBI4bk
