Paradise Green

Tea type
Green Tea
Ingredients
Not available
Flavors
Bright, Mango, Papaya, Tropical Fruit, Fruity, Lychee, Pineapple, Rose, Sweet, Tropical, Peach, Sweet, Warm Grass, Tangy, Astringent, Green, Vegetal, Smooth, Tart
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Loose Leaf, Sachet
Caffeine
Medium
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Not available
Edit tea info Last updated by Cameron B.
Average preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 3 min, 15 sec 2 g 26 oz / 769 ml

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  • “I think i’m going to need to try this one as a cold brew. It wasn’t bad as a hot brew but I’m not sure that i was in the mood for a citrusy sort of green tea. I have a few more tea bags to try...” Read full tasting note
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Japanese bancha sprinkled with island flowers and the sweet aroma of a balmy day in the tropics. It’s paradise in a cup.

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18 tasting notes

Before Steeping:
Scent- Very sweet, smells like Jucyfruit gum

After Steeping:
Color- Bight yellow
scent- a little less Jucyfruitish

Taste:
Nude- Jucyfruit, very strongtaste, it’s more of a melon-like tea
With sugar- just very wrong, like jucyfruit on a sugar high

*in all a calming tea, Not necessarily a fan of it, but I don’t like Jucyfruit gum

Preparation
Boiling 2 min, 0 sec

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87 tasting notes

This is, I don’t know, the fruit punch of green teas. If you like tropical flavors in your tea, this is the way forward!

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83 tasting notes

I really enjoyed this one, but I am a fan of tropical fruits. The aroma of this was quite strong, a mango/tropical fruit blend.

I don’t see any of the flower petals, but this is the teabag version, so perhaps that’s only in the looseleaf. I do see some chunks of a light yellow fruit-like object.

The green tea base is bright and slightly astringent, with little grassiness. It’s a perfect complement for the tropical flavour and doesn’t compete with it. A tea with more vegetal notes would have clashed. Overall, it’s a light and pleasant taste that evokes the tropics, so I’d say the tea checks all the boxes!

I feel if you’re looking for a tropical tea, this one is better than Lupicia’s “Hawaii Exclusive” offerings, which are mostly black-tea based.

Flavors: Bright, Mango, Papaya, Tropical Fruit

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec 2 g 150 OZ / 4436 ML

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676 tasting notes

First tea from the Lupicia group buy. This one reminded me of a Teavana favorite, Fruta Bomba. The flavor and aroma of this tea are an exotic tropical fruit explosion. I love tropical-fruity flavors which are amped up to the max in this blend.

At first, I blended it with a straight green tea because of how potent it seemed. But I’ve discovered that Lupicia teas are milder than how they smell. The best results came from steeping as is. It tastes like a juicy tropical fruit cocktail. Super sweet with big hits of pineapple, mango, lychee, papaya, and rose. It’s reminiscent of Mountain Dew but in the best way possible. Less citrusy and without the artificial chemical taste.

I’ve been cold brewing this every day and don’t see myself getting tired of it anytime soon. Hopefully I still have some left by summer because this would be a very refreshing iced tea during the warmer months.

Flavors: Fruity, Lychee, Mango, Pineapple, Rose, Sweet, Tropical

Preparation
Iced 2 g 10 OZ / 295 ML
Cameron B.

Yay! I’m glad to see some notes from the group order. Sounds like everyone is enjoying their picks so far!

LuckyMe

Lupicia’s flavorings are really on point. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone’s tasting notes too.

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1216 tasting notes

I haven’t really been drinking any tea this weekend. I’ve been going through it, and tea was just the last thing on my mind. I know there are some folks that want tea reviews to just “be about the tea,” so I will focus on the tea… those that want to know more about what is going on can read the addendum below the review.

So, I’ve decided to drink this sampler of Lupicia’s Paradise Green. From the information I can get on it (from the Steepster listing since Lupicia is still transitioning to their Ala Moana website — that will be coming May 23rd, by the way!) apparently this is a tropical flavored green, but I don’t have any information on the ingredients, even the sampler packaging doesn’t include that. My sniffer isn’t working great at the moment (lots of mucus!) but I’m getting more of a peachy/apricot aroma from the dry leaf? Ah, I suppose it could be mango! And it is a bit sharply fruity.

Steeped, I believe I’m smelling a bit of peach, mango, and pineapple. I didn’t smell any pineapple in the dry leaf, but it is coming forward now, and I’m getting it in the flavor of the tea as well; it starts off mostly as a peach fuzz/mango flavor, light, juicy, and sweet, with a slightly tangier pineapple note toward the end of the sip. I’m tempted to say the green tea has a bit more bite than I usually get from a Lupicia green, and this was steeped around 170F for only two minutes, but I switched to a migraine nasal option which leaves this really awful taste down the back of my throat, which could be playing with my tastes a bit. I definitely am picking out a nice grassiness though, which I always appreciate about their flavored greens; the base is not dominated or overwhelmed by the flavorings. It is a pleasant fruity cup, and would likely be a lovely iced tea, if I had more of this to play with.

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Read no further if you are uninterested in non-tea life musings. So, my lifemate of the last twenty years, my cockatiel Kali, passed away last night. Saturday at 4 a.m. she suffered a night terror (common for cockatiels) and injured herself badly thrashing against her cage. I woke and came to her immediately, but she’d lost all her pin feathers from her tail and wings, and several in her wings were “blood feathers,” new growth feathers that receive an active blood supply, so she was bleeding badly. I did what I could to calm her and stop the bleeding, but it was obvious she’d lost a lot of blood, and living alone, it was impossible for me to remove the blood feathers and staunch up the wounds myself. I waited out until vets would be open Saturday morning, and called every one in my little Idaho town — and was turned down service by every. single. one. “We don’t do birds.” I was told there was one avian vet in town, and their vet wasn’t open Saturdays. Would not be open until Monday. I was told I could take her to Boise, two hours away, to get medical help. I did not think trying to transport an already panicked and terrified bird two hours in a car was a good idea, as her blotting wounds could reopen if she spooked and started thrashing. She was unable to climb at this point, grounded without any pin feathers to give her balance and act as “finger support” for lift up her cage, so I put blankies and food and water sources on the bottom of her cage and hoped that Monday first thing I could call that one avian vet to get the blood feathers removed. She passed at some point as I was sleeping last night. Instead I was calling the vet about their cremation services. I feel like I’ve failed her since I couldn’t get her the medical help she needed. I’m really torn up. I can’t help but feel like my situation and feelings were “belittled” because she was a bird instead of a cat or a dog, but she’s been with me since I was 16 — I’m 37 now — so 20 years of my life. Take a minute to reflect on all that has happened within two decades of a lifetime.

I chose “Paradise Green” because I know she’s in a better place now… paradise. If you have a pet, please give them love. Drink a cuppa today in memory of a pet you loved and lost. Cherish the winged, scaled, finned, and furred members of your family. <3

Flavors: Mango, Peach, Pineapple, Sweet, Sweet, Warm Grass, Tangy, Tropical

Preparation
170 °F / 76 °C 2 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 12 OZ / 350 ML
Martin Bednář

Sorry for your loss. I did not have any pet since four years ago when mum brings home a cat. All black, cat. We always wanted a dog, but we have a cat.

Even I was trying to not be really attached to her, she went lost once and it made me really sad. Luckily, we found out that she is on neighbors yard. And because they had big dog, she run into stack of wood and covered there. For a day and half, without water and without food. Meowing in search of help when we were calling her. If we did not call, she did not meow. She was afraid that the dog will find her.

haptiK

RIP Kali. <3.

Kawaii433

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I’m so so sorry for your loss and how it went down, Mastress Alita… That is utterly heartbreaking. Our animals are our family. (big hugs)

Todd

I only met her a couple of times, but Kali was a good bird, very talkative. I’m sorry for your loss. I’ll have to look through my Lupicia samples, haven’t gone for any of them for a while. I might have a Paradise Green.

VariaTEA

I’m sorry to hear that. It’s a traumatic experience to lose a pet, especially in that sort of fashion. Sending you well wishes!

Roswell Strange

I lost a pet last year under very unexpected, traumatic circumstances – it’s very rough, and while I thankfully had an veterinary option during the evening to take Eilert to, it was so far away from where I was living in the city that he had passed away in my lap during the car trip there. The closest vet, less than five minutes away, didn’t treat small animals. I don’t know if getting to a vet sooner would’ve made a difference – but that feeling that maybe it could have is haunting.

I’m so sorry for your loss.

tea-sipper

I’ve been wondering about you lately Mastress Alita, since I hadn’t seen notes from you lately. I’m very sorry for your loss. No small thing at all. I’d like to think any vet would treat even the smallest pet as precious and understand. What is going on with vets in Idaho though? Sheesh. It seems like every time pets have emergencies is when everything is closed.

ashmanra

I am so sorry. Losing a pet is hard, and twenty years is a long, long time, plus it must have been so traumatic dealing with the blood and injuries. I will say a prayer for you, and if I were near, I would give you a big hug and cry with you. I am crying by myself right now. I have a big old soft spot for animals. Peace to you.

AJRimmer

That’s so horrible. I’m so sorry no one could help. Best wishes to you, Mastress <3

mrmopar

20 years is a long time. We just lost one of our meow buddies. I know it is hard and you were good for each other. Prayers for you in your loss. Hopefully you will always have the good memories in your heart.

gmathis

Ashmanra said exactly what I’d like to. Praying for you as well.

hawkband1

I’m very sorry for your loss.

LuckyMe

Oh no, the poor bird suffered needlessly…so sorry she couldn’t get help in time. Can’t imagine how devastating it must be to lose her after 20 years. My condolences for your loss.

Teatotaler

I am so sorry and can totally empathize. You are in my prayers. ::HUG::

derk

All my love to you and Kali, Mastress Alita.

Mastress Alita

Thanks, everyone. It’s been rough and I appreciate the support.

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379 tasting notes

Last free sample. It smells very fruity, mainly of peaches, stonefruit, then mango. Although the aroma has a strong peach, the taste is not. It definitely has the peach flavor, other stonefruits, but the mango and pineapple notes are about the same. It comes out kind of weird though like the flavors are muted. It also has a strange aftertaste that lingers in my nose. Of all of the Lupicia I’ve tried so far, this one tastes more artificial, not in artificial sweetness but in fruit taste, Maybe all those fruits do not go great with the base… Not sure what it is. It is astringent, not bitter and that’s not the problem.

The aroma is very nice, but the flavors do not rise to that level. Maybe it’d be better iced…

Sachet in 130 ml, boiling water for 2 steeps: 2.5m, 3m.

Flavors: Astringent, Mango, Peach, Sweet

Preparation
Boiling 2 min, 15 sec 4 OZ / 130 ML

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42 tasting notes

I had this one through two steeps—the second was actually a lot more flavorful on the fruity side than on the first steep, and the first was more noticeably green. The fruit flavors don’t taste cloying or artificial.

Makes a great iced tea, also!

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML

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8 tasting notes

Definitely one of the prettier teas that I’ve seen, and the aroma in the tin is absolutely delicious. It’s a decent tea when brewed hot, a yummy, fruity confection, but nothing earth-shattering. I can coax about 3 good infusions out of it, which is always nice.

The game changes, though, when it’s cold-brewed. It becomes bright, bold, sweet, tropical. I don’t get vegetal hints while drinking; it’s almost pure fruitiness. I’m running low on it now, because I’ve always got a jar cold-brewing in my fridge.

Flavors: Fruity, Green, Tropical, Vegetal

Preparation
170 °F / 76 °C 2 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 14 OZ / 414 ML

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333 tasting notes

Cold brew. I received a sample of this a long time (years?) ago in the Lupicia newsletter, and really regretted brewing it hot instead of cold at the time, so I’m happy to do so today with a sample from beelicious.

The dry blend smells fruity and sweet, like candied pineapple. After 8 hours cold brewing, the liquor is a light yellow-green with that same tropical-fruity aroma. The tea is perfectly smooth and crisp, and the fruit flavors are sweet and refreshing. I hadn’t realized how tasty a pineapple-flavored tea can be—it isn’t overpowering like a freshly cut fruit, but reminds me more of the mellow sweetness of a Taiwanese pineapple pastry. Tropical green teas might be a dime a dozen, but this is definitely a good one that avoids the usual pitfalls of tasting artificial, too nondescript-fruity, or “not tea enough”.

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961 tasting notes

QueenofTarts was kind enough to send along a bonus sample of this in a recent stash sale package. From the description, I was expecting to love this one and I wasn’t disappointed! While it was steeping my kitchen smelled like candied pineapple…this is one of the strongest scented teas I’ve had recently! The flavor was smooth and sweet and very tropical: pineapple, mango and papaya seemed like the main notes to me. The base seems very mild; I didn’t notice any of the vegetal or grassy flavor I might expect from a green tea. No bitterness or astringency either, even though I accidentally overheated my water. No two ways about it, I’m going to be placing a Lupicia order very soon!

Flavors: Mango, Pineapple, Smooth, Sweet, Tropical

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 2 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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