Touch Organic

Thank you for sending a sample of this one along, Beorhthraefn! I didn’t expect such a lovely green tea flavor in such tiny shredded leaves. It’s very fresh and light, buttery sweet. I loved the idea that it had bergamot but sadly didn’t taste any here. Where oh where was the promised bergamot? Luckily the great green base makes up for it.

My mother in law got a gift set of these teas as a Christmas gift from one of her students, a tin of Mango, a tin of Green and a tin of Oolong. Now, my mother in law is a hardcore tea drinker, but in the extremely weak Red Rose kind of way. It was a thoughtful gift, but the only time she doesn’t drink Red Rose is when she’s drinking honey and lemon for a sore throat.

Anyway, when she offered the set to me, I jumped on it. If I don’t like the oolong, I can use it for kombucha, the green with disappear at De’s work, and I hoped the mango would be good enough for coldbrewing.

I am happily surprised! I cold brewed two bags in 24 ounces of water overnight and the result is a fruity drink that doesn’t overshadow the green tea, but instead the mango and the green tea seem to take turns on the sip. The front is all MANGO, but by the time the sip is gone, the green tea lingers in a very good way. It will be no hardship to finish off the 30 bag tin. I wouldn’t pick it up again, just because it is bagged and I try not to buy bagged if I can avoid it.

Made this iced. Pretty good. Tastes very similar to the way it tastes hot. I used 4 tea bags in a big glass jug and the ratio seemed to be perfect. It’s been so hot lately that I thought I’d start making iced tea instead of drinking it hot. I enjoyed this one iced. I appreciate that this tea never seems to turn bitter and the mango gives it a nice little kick.

50th tasting note! Woot, woot! A mild green tea with a very light hint of mango. Pretty good as far as flavoured green tea goes. A reliable tea. Doesn’t turn bitter if left to steep for too long which I like since I drink all my tea with the bag in.