Mango Sticky Rice Genmaicha

This is our Featured Reblend for February – and unfortunately (due to having less Genmaicha in stock than I realized) there isn’t a whole lot of it left after fulfilling subscriptions.

This tastes so much like I remember it – nice toasty rice flavor from the genmaicha – a sweet, custardy note, a touch of mango (that hits toward the finish and lingers) and toasted coconut. Sweet, yummy, creamy deliciousness. A nice representation, I think, of my favorite Thai dessert.

And another one that I adore.

And it’s another sipdown!

#long time ago internet hiatus sipdown

I’m a huge mango fan and I’d like to try making stick rice pudding one of these days (gotta get my hands on some glutineous rice) so this tea was a no-brainer for me.

I was hit by a lovely strong mango odor when I opened the pouch and I couldn’t stop sniffing the tea, it was so good! It isn’t as prominent in the flavour of the hot tea, at least initially, but as it cooled off it crept back in, giving the tea a great fruity tang. The coconut is in the background more as a hint but it’s more of the nutty flavour of shredded coconut rather than the rich, creamy flavours of coconut milk which I think are what’s missing from this tea.

Adventaggedon Day Twenty One – 3/6

Saw another tasting note mention that 52Tea’s mango blends tend to lean a little green, and I have to say both that I agree but also that it’s a quality I appreciate. In general I don’t mind a little bit of that more resinous pine-y green note to my mangoes but with tea in particular I think it can be a welcome reprieve from the often sickly sweet and overly juicy candy-like mango interpretation many companies favor. There’s a time and place for that, but it’s just soooo prevalent.

This was my favourite tea of the day – largely because of that perfect mango note, but mostly just because I taste every element of this concept so clearly. The mango, the creamy coconut, the gluttonous rice flavour, and of course the welcome toastiness of the genmai. It’s not quite a “fruity tea” or a “decadent tea” but it dabbles in those realms and just the right ways.

Today’s Advent Photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/CmciwMSufdM/

Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ciddn_-yRvg

I made this. Then I made 2 other teas. Then I made dumplings. Then I ate the dumplings. Then I drank this tea. Well, somehow that brought out the mango.

No reviews for this?? Really? Anyways, tried this a couple days ago and thought it was okay, though weak. Only today did it occur to me that I believe I severely underleafed, using only a slightly heaped tsp in a 10-ish ounce mug, when I would normally use about 2 tsp. Not sure what I was thinking, but I’m excited to try it properly soon!

Regardless, I was able to taste the mango and some lovely custardy/coconutty flavours, which I can only imagine will be better with a bit more leaf!