This is one perfumy tea. Wow.
The scent is a super strong, super floral mango. I mean, think of the ripest mango ever that hasn’t quite started smelling boozy, and amplify the scent of the skin by 1000. This is one seriously strong tea.
I decided to try it iced, to see what I think. I think I overleafed, honestly. 2.5 tsp in just over a cup of almost boiling water for 2 minutes. I added a “smidgen” of baking soda and 1/4 tsp honey to see if I could get an iced black tea to taste… good, instead of bitter or astringent.
All I can taste is the flavour. All I can smell is the flavour. My kitchen is now an Alfonso mango.
The honey was a wise choice, but I’m not sure the baking soda was needed here. I think I’m going to finish the glass, then do a re-steep to see if maybe I managed to wash away some of that MANGO!scent.
Edit: The second steep at almost 4 minutes is much more pleasant, in that it’s way less perfumy and tastes more like tea with mango. I’ll probably throw away the first (short) steep in the future, as I highly prefer the second.
