Mango Madness

I LOVE this tea iced. I brewed it for 30 seconds only as that is how I like my white teas brewed. I find any longer and it tastes bitter to me. I can drink this all day in the summer and even in the winter. I love icing certain teas as I find they are sweet enough for me and it allows me to cut down or even cut out juices and pop. No need for any sweeteners for me.

I find that Mango Madness has a delicious citrus and tropical smell. Dry, I can definitely smell the zesty goodness of oranges.

Once brewed, I found it to be a very refreshing tea. It’s delicate, fruity, light, and sweet, all at the same time. I could taste more oranges than mango, but I get ‘Orange Madness’ doesn’t have the same ring to it.

I would be curious to see how this tastes as a cold steeped tea.

2/24 of my tea advent calendar. I enjoyed this so much, it was a relief because I didn’t like Sleigh Ride at all and I was hoping I wouldn’t be disappointed again today. Mango makes itself known, I like the taste of actual white tea in the background. Not a complete herbal blend. I had this hot and iced and they were delicious both ways. Considered getting 50g of this by the end of the sample. So good 10/10

Day 2 of #24daysoftea! This was pretty tasty and I definitely could taste the mango.

I was pleased to see yet another tea I haven’t tried before in this calendar. I do like mango, but haven’t really found a tea version that I love… to be honest, I like the actual fruit much more than mango flavored things. I’m actually smelling more citrus than mango once the tea has steeped and it’s on the verge of being medicinal, too. Eh.

Sipping… hm, I was expecting this to be much more bitter, but it’s surprisingly smooth and thick on the tongue. I taste a bit of the white tea base… plain, slightly like hay and maybe a tiny bit fruity. I also taste orange and mango, but it is on the artificial side and it reminds me a lot of liquid Motrin. I’m disappointed because the mouthfeel is quite nice.. but it’s just too artificial and strange for me.

Day 2 of 2015 Advent Calendar

I am very sensitive to stevia flavouring and I find that it overpowers the mango and fruity flavours with a dull bitter trail to the sip. It may also be the additives to the candied pineapple that makes this brew undrinkable for me. I am only just barely able to taste the white tea.

Advent calendar [2/24]

When I was in college six years ago, I bought a tea called white mangosteen by Lipton. I got tired of it really quickly. When I saw that today’s tea is a mango flavoured tea, I had flashbacks of drinking that tea in college.

The first sip was lovely. I poured myself a tablespoon to test for steeped doneness. Sadly, the flavour didn’t transpire in my travel mug (does it ever?). I got to work and poured it into a mug. The tea was a little better.

On a side note: I really wish David’s would stop again with the stevia. The taste of the sweetener is quite strong in this one.

Overall an okay tea, but I wouldn’t ask for more. I’m going to finish the sample and move on.

Tea 2/24 of the 24 Days of Tea (advent calendar) from DAVIDs.

I like the name- it describes my lifestyle (well, not the mango, but the madness, yes! 3-4 jobs will do that to you). I steeped this in my travel mug and off I went to job #1 until 1pm (job #2 is later in the afternoon ;) )!

With that being said, I must admit I was skeptical of this tea from the beginning. I’ve had several “mango” teas from all different companies and only 1-2 have actually tasted like mango. This one, unfortunately, is not one of the ones that actually tastes like mango, which makes sense since the ingredient list on the website lists so many fruits in this blend besides mango (mango is actually near the bottom of the list). Instead, you get a light flowery taste from the white tea and a slight fruity taste from the other ingredients. All together its a light, non-offensive taste. I will have no problem using this up, but altogether I cannot get behind this tea since it doesn’t taste like the thing it is marketed as.

A delicate white tea that tastes very similar to a tropical fruit punch. The flavours are all mellowed, of course, but all the main fruits are easily detectable. I wouldn’t say mango is the major player here; it equally shares the spotlight with pineapple and orange. Not too bold, not too sweet, it makes an enjoyably refreshing cup of fruit tea.
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I liked this one but it’s really a fruit infusion and not really a tea for me. The smell is awesome and the taste is fine for one infusion, but that’s it.