Strawberry Guava Tropical White Tea

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The taste between the hot and iced is that the hot brings the white tea base out much more, while the iced version elevates the strawberry notes; however, I noted ‘heavy floral’ in the iced and hot cup. Overall, very little fruity flavors.

Got this one from tea-sipper last summer, so thanks! I was working on it pretty steadily at first, but then I put it away, and sadly now it has become old ): I remember not loving it at first either since the main flavor is the tea, and it just didn’t have the light, fresh flavor that I was looking for, and I’ve never been able to spot a strong enough fruit presence. I love S&V, so I feel bad giving them a bad review, but this one is just not strong enough.

I had to try this guava blend when I saw the other S&V guava blend. Side by side comparing! A white tea blend that has guava flavor. I taste more of strawberry than guava so possibly it’s hiding here too. Don’t let the hibiscus mention scare you from this one, there is no noticeable hibiscus in the flavor when I tried it. The second steep I poured just boiled water and the white tea flavor was much more prominent while losing some of the fruit. I’m not docking points for that though, as I really shouldn’t use boiling water on white tea. I just know it doesn’t really ruin white tea. I like this as strawberry flavored white tea but as a guava tea it kind of fails.
Steep #1 // 2 teaspoon for a full mug// 28 minutes after boiling // 2 1/2 minute steep
Steep #2 // couple minutes after boiling // 3 minute steep