So this is a new addition to our “Garden To Cup” collection. Essentially, all of our straight teas/tisanes. We haven’t carried a straight green mate in about five years, so it’s really refreshing to have one back in the assortment. I think it’s always kind of sad to not have at least one straight version in each tea type category. For a while, we had a straight Guayusa that I really liked, but that one’s been discontinued for a while too…
Not a ton to say about this one as it’s a very classic tasting greener yerba mate. Fans of straight mate will, I’m sure, love this one and also it’s super approachable for people looking to get into straight mate for the first time.
Full transparency, I wrote the tasting notes that are used on the website to describe the tea (as I now do with all new tea releases) so I obviously agree with them. Basically, I think this tea has lush notes of fresh dew and sweet grass with a subtle earthy undertone. IMO very fresh and really reminiscent of that “rain forest taste” I associate with mate…
Friendly reminder that I do not numerically rate DAVIDsTEA blends as I’m currently employed there and it would be an obvious conflict of interest. Any blends you see with numerical ratings were rated prior to my employment there. These reviews are a reflection of my personal thoughts and feelings regarding the teas, and not the company’s.