So my coworker who regularly orders from lupicia gets small samples. A recent one was a flavored green tea. Usually I am not too into flavored unless its in a black so I was skeptical. The flavor was Strawberry Vanilla.
I actually only had the third steep of it but I did it with boiling water. I heard flavored so I assumed black and wasn't looking. Even with that the tea tasted wonderful. This is amazing as it was the third steep of a flavored tea and using boiling water. I know when I stop by their shop in Jan that I will be getting some.
I know this is technically a 'flavored tea' but I wanted to know if any of you green folks have had some decent flavored greens?
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I don't think Vulture has a problem with artificial flavoring. You're talking to the guy that drinks Hot Cinnamon Spice (liquid red hot or fireball) and puts Ovaltine in his tea.
That said, most of the flavored green's I've almost enjoyed are usually very subtle, and usually citrus flavored. And from an experience (not a seller's) point of view, the Bangkok we have at work (green w/coconut, lemongrass & ginger) can be quite tasty in the summer, and also very good iced.
Otherwise I'd stick to things like chrysanthemum flowers, jasmine or unflavored.
That said, most of the flavored green's I've almost enjoyed are usually very subtle, and usually citrus flavored. And from an experience (not a seller's) point of view, the Bangkok we have at work (green w/coconut, lemongrass & ginger) can be quite tasty in the summer, and also very good iced.
Otherwise I'd stick to things like chrysanthemum flowers, jasmine or unflavored.
When I first served my grandfather with Tie Guan Yin he said that this tea is flavoured with jasmine, or some other flower, I could hardly convice him that this is flowery tea, it had that taste naturally, I know flavoured tea is cheaper than buying such quality tea that had that taste without the flavouring, so I don`t understand flavouring teas, I think we should spend more on high quality tea.
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Two reasons for me at least:Oni wrote:When I first served my grandfather with Tie Guan Yin he said that this tea is flavoured with jasmine, or some other flower, I could hardly convice him that this is flowery tea, it had that taste naturally, I know flavoured tea is cheaper than buying such quality tea that had that taste without the flavouring, so I don`t understand flavouring teas, I think we should spend more on high quality tea.
1. Flavored teas can give you more a variety of tastes than just the tea alone. I admit that good quality teas have their own flavors within them. But I still have yet to find some tea that tastes like cinnamon.
2. I replaced my soda drinking habit with drinking tea. My adhd mind craves strong and different sweet flavors that tea alone isn't providing. A lot of these flavored teas help with that, along with keeping things inexpensive. I usually have these teas at work because they are more forgiving to brew. While having the strait teas at home where I can enjoy them.
Breing gong fu tea in small 4oz below teaware some oolongs can taste like mild fruit acid or like honey sweet, at least the expencieve ones do, and the taste variations are infinite, I read that Wu Yi Rou Gui is named Cinnamon oolong, so you might be wrong about not finding Cinnamo taste in tea, but it is a little bit more expencieve than flavoured tea.
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Like you, flavored green teas are not exactly my thing, but I have tried my fair share. The best ever...and you would probably love...is Upton's Sweet Almond or something like that. Candied almonds and a ton of cinnamon. Great stuff.
Adagio's Apricot Green is the best fruit flavored one I've tried. Their and Upton's other fruit flavored ones don't taste like much of anything to me.
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Adagio's Apricot Green is the best fruit flavored one I've tried. Their and Upton's other fruit flavored ones don't taste like much of anything to me.
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The flavoring brought out by changes in brewing techniques and slight varietal differences are nowhere near as obvious and blatant as the flavoring for flavored greens though. The flavoring in Strawberry & Vanilla hits you like a brick. It's almost to the point that you say you would be tasting the flavoring and then the tea.
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I made some of Harney's Fanciest Formosa Oolong in a yixing with a friend the other day, and while every description I can think of usually includes peachy, apricot and other stone fruit flavors...all we could taste was a distinct cinnamon. Like we accidentally brewed the oolong in a pot with some cinnamon. It was very strange.
I don't really know what the point of this post was...just wanted to share.
I don't really know what the point of this post was...just wanted to share.