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drank Cactus Fig by Teaopia
27 tasting notes

Am I the only person on Steepster who just adores this tea? I grew up drinking gunpowder green tea from our local Asian supermarket and earl gray. To me, this was tea. I was unaware that there was a whole world of flavored teas out there. When I did finally discover flavored green teas, they were either overbearingly sweet or too tart for my tastes. Not this one. This one is delicate on the palate. I love the hint of sweetness from the fig chunks (my bag has quite a few) but depending on how many pieces you put in your cup, the taste slightly changes. Sometimes it’s more green tea, sometimes it’s more fruity, and I’m not complaining. If I’m not really in the mood for something so sweet, I scoop out some tea without big chunks, and this makes those times when I am in the mood for fruity sweetness all the better. This tea is fantastic iced! I tend to prefer it as such over freshly brewed and hot.
My one complaint about this tea would be the size of the fruit pieces. Some are remarkably huge while others are tiny. A more uniform blend would be more suitable for me, like the Green Seduction from DavidsTea (absolutely love that tea!)

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 4 min, 0 sec
Cook420

I couldn’t agree with you more!!! Green Seduction is amazing but doesn’t have that sweet taste I’m craving in my green tea. Although, toss some rock sugar & its to die for.

My heart slighty broke seeing only a few actually enjoy this tea! Maybe thats why its being discontinued? :(

Cook420

Oh p.s. steep it for only 1 min & you get a really delicate smooth tea.

femocakes

NO WAY! Oh my gosh, that means I’m going to have to stock up! This is the second teaopia tea teavana has discontinued that is on my list of absolute favourites! Not cool, Teavana!!

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Cook420

I couldn’t agree with you more!!! Green Seduction is amazing but doesn’t have that sweet taste I’m craving in my green tea. Although, toss some rock sugar & its to die for.

My heart slighty broke seeing only a few actually enjoy this tea! Maybe thats why its being discontinued? :(

Cook420

Oh p.s. steep it for only 1 min & you get a really delicate smooth tea.

femocakes

NO WAY! Oh my gosh, that means I’m going to have to stock up! This is the second teaopia tea teavana has discontinued that is on my list of absolute favourites! Not cool, Teavana!!

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