Mellow Mango Peach

Love how this one smells, both dry and as it’s steeping. It’s like a bowl of juicy peaches and mangoes!

As for the taste, this is in-your-face tropical awesomeness. I bet this would be fabulous iced as well. Right now I’m contently in peach and mango heaven. Ahh. HAPPY.

Sipping a cup of this hot tonight. I’ve had it cold and hot now – cold is definitely better. When it’s cold steeped it’s like drinking sweet and juicy mangoes and peaches. Hot I can still taste the fruit but it’s understated, a little subtle. The fruit is there but not hogging the show.

I just finished grading 22 papers and I feel exhausted. There’s something about assigning points to a real and important subject matter that’s just draining. I feel like commenting, this matters to someone in real life. If I do badly on a Shakespeare paper, it doesn’t mess up Shakespeare’s life, after all.

Lately I feel very grateful for all the amazing things I have going on in my life, and deeply sad that so many wonderful people are having a hard time right now.

Second cup out of this sample, and again I could not finish my cup. Is it just me? this tasted nothing like mango, but more like… sour juice? the black base didn’t even make an appearance, except for some strange astringent note that mixed badly with the oddly sweet/sour part that I think was the mango.

I dug to the back of one of the drawers looking for sip down tea. Found this. I am pretty sure it originally came from Nicole and it may have been in the drawer for two years – in a baggie. So not expecting much considering its age. Surprisingly it stills smells wonderfully peachy. The cup is more mango and less peach. Hot it is a very mellow smooth fruity tea. Once it gets cool or you ice it, this really comes alive. I looked at my blog review and this is also how I found this tea when it was newer and fresher. Really got to respect a tea that stands up to age and poor storage.

I used the rest of my sample for an overnight cold-steep. I like it better this way than hot. It brings out the black base more and the two fruit flavors are more in balance with each other.

Of course the morning I have cold-steeped ice tea for my ride into work it’s chilly outside and freezing on the express bus and I don’t even want to drink it. It was 86 degrees yesterday. What happened? I’m enjoying about half of this now and I think I’ll save the other half for this afternoon. :-)

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A really tasty blend. Mellow is definitely the key word in the name of this tea … the black tea base is mild and not an overly aggressive nor would I describe it as particularly invigorating … it does have caffeine though … it’s just not one of those teas that I’d drink for a caffeine PUSH that sometimes I need. Instead, this is a tea that I’d drink when I want something relaxing but not put me to sleep. This is nice and mellow.

I love the flavor combination of mango and peach. Sweet, juicy and fruity. Great iced!

Here’s my full-length review: http://sororiteasisters.com/2013/03/23/mellow-mango-peach-black-tea-from-della-terra-teas/

The final sipdown of the night, & another thank you to Azzrian.
I do love Peach, Mango, and Rose, but I have to admit this one didn’t really do it for me. It was ok, but maybe the flavors were just too Mellow. Oh well, can’t win em all, right?

I’ve been having a few cups of this over the last week, going through my sample from Azzrian. Its so warming and tasty, lovely to sip at work in this cool weather.

This has been my favorite tea from Della Terra yet! After I burned through the try-me sized pack, I immediately had to go for another two ounces (and it helped that I’d won a coupon from them from one of their numerous, generous giveaways).

The smell is immediately comforting to me. “Mellow” is a really good descriptor – it’s juicy, floral and fruity (with two of my favorite fruits!), smelling almost like an exquisite candy. It’s excellent both hot and cold, sweetened and not. I’ve mostly been drinking it hot (where the creaminess seems most prominent for me), but when iced the mango and peach flavors really come out. It’s extremely refreshing and light that way, especially with a little honey added!

In general I love anything Della Terra makes. The tea base tastes fantastic and I did smell the mango and peach, but the peachy taste wasn’t as pronounced as I hoped. It was a good tea, but not as amazing as Eight Candles or Smores.