White Ambrosia

I got this as a sample from someone (from reddit) in an exchange, and it was labelled as “White Ambrosia – Tea Zante”, however Tea Zante doesn’t seem to be a tea company. Tea Sante doesn’t sell the blend, Tea Forte’s White Ambrosia is mostly coconut/tropical, so I think the sample I received is this one. At least, it matches the ingredients/description.

Flavours of orange peel, mulling spice (cinnamon and clove), orange blossoms, and a delicate white tea. Very orange-oriented, but it is still quite good.

This is another awesome blend from S&V. A very tasty Snowbud white tea blended with fruit flavors and beautiful orange flower petals I’ve never seen in a tea blend before, as well as gorgeous blue cornflowers. It’s tough to distinguish which type of fruits exactly (the description says apricot and mango) but they pair very deliciously with the white tea. I bet it’s also great iced. There are also floral tasting qualities as well as having a milk oolong type flavor. I’d almost like to try the base without the fruit flavors, but I’m glad they aren’t overpowering the white tea. I can’t describe how tasty this is! Using just boiled water with the second steep didn’t make it oversteeped at all. It was nice that way. It’s such a refreshing and bright cup.
Steep #1 // 1 1/2 teaspoons for a full mug// 20 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 // just boiled // 3 minute steep

This tea is quite good. I brewed it with 6g of tea in an 18 oz teapot for 3 min, one steep, 185 degree water. The flavors of the apricot and mango really come through although the tea has a slightly smoky flavor too. I can’t properly describe this other flavor but it is not an off taste. This tea is sold by Simpson and Vail, an excellent tea shop with reasonable prices at www.svtea.com.