I’m a sucker for a great name and cool packaging. While not a huge fan of bagged tea, this one hooked me with both.
Opening the tin, you find that the tea is packaged in bleached, round wafer style tea bags. The fragrance is a dusty chocolate with a very faint note of mushroom.
From the name and description, this green tea should have some indications of a chocolate-cherry flavor component. After steeping for 4 minutes as recommended, you’re left with a straw colored liquid with very little character. In fragrance, you can barely sense some cocoa but the flavor is merely that of a very light, mild green. Once the cup cooled, the chocolate presented itself, but very faintly. Goji completely missed its curtain call.
I’m a marketing manager’s dream in that I’ll drop $10 on a tin of tea because of the packaging. However, I’m also their nightmare because I’m vocal when I don’t like something. This tea was the epitome of all that fails in a bagged tea.
lol, Three cheers for cleaning out the tea storage area! (Room for more tea) ;)
Oh, honey. When I was putting away my new tea loot last night, I think I actually realized that I have a real, true, tea addiction.
Yes, Jaime… I can totally relate. I have so much tea. I probably have enough tea that if I didn’t buy any more tea for the next two years, I’d probably still have enough to drink my usual 6 – 8 cups (or more) per day for the next two years. (at least that long, maybe longer!)
lol, Me too! I have had to resort to stashing some of my teas in a paper bag under the sink because the tea cabinet is completely full!
wow Liberteas, that is a lot! Where do you store it all?
I’m glad that I’m not alone in this!! But I go through tea like it’s my job…between the caffeinated and herbals, I’ll have between 8-15 cups (mostly decaf, cause I like my sleep).