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“52teas pineapple teas are always excellent. This is so delightful. I taste a bit of a chai flavor plus the nice juiciness of the pineapple. I’m drinking it sweetened with milk, and everything...” Read full tasting note
“This is the tea of the week for January 16, 2023 – I absolutely love this tea – and sadly, this is the last that I have in my personal stash of this – because I’ve been drinking it several times a...” Read full tasting note
Tea of the Week for January 16, 2023!
I know this tea may sound a little weird – but I’m LOVING it!
The sip starts with a bright pineapple note with just a hint of spice – primarily the cumin – with the other spices appearing as supporting flavors to these two key ingredients. The overall flavor is warm & comforting – while the pineapple adds a delightful sweetness to the cup.
A truly rewarding cuppa – it’s organic, vegan, gluten-free, allergen-free & all natural too!
organic ingredients: green teas, pineapple, allspice, Cardamom, Cloves, Cinnamon, Cumin, Ginger, Nutmeg, Star Anise, calendula petals & natural flavors
more about this tea: I really love how this one turned out. Yeah, I say that a lot & I even say that a lot too! That’s one of the amazing things about this job – I get to come up with all kinds of crazy tea flavor combinations & then I get to be the first one to taste them. Not all of my combinations work – so I’m really happy when they do . . . & this combination DOES work!
I know that it seems like this has got a lot going on – & yeah, it does! But it all works together really beautifully. Be sure to scroll down to read my recipe for a milk cap – because the milk cap on this = one of the most delightful things you’re ever gonna sip!
to brew: shake pouch well to redistribute the ingredients. This chai has a lot of spices so it’s important to make sure you get all those spices incorporated in every measurement! Use 3g of tea to 12oz of very hot water (175°F). Steep for 2 minutes. Strain. Allow to cool for at least 5 minutes. Enjoy!
serving suggestion: I like this blend both hot & cold – it’s really good as a cold-brew! As I type this, I’m enjoying it as a hot cuppa & it’s really good like that too.
But if you wanna take this over the top – this tea is phenomenal served with a milk cap. If you’re familiar with boba teas, you are probably familiar with what a milk cap is. It’s also sometimes called “cheese tea” (which – I gotta say, is a really uncomfortable name for it! So much so that it kept me from trying it! I didn’t actually try it until I heard it called “milk cap”!) It’s also often called Crema.
Basically, a milk cap is a whipped “topping” made of cream cheese, whipping cream, sugar & salt. Some other ingredients can be added, I suppose, but the way I make mine is with about a cup of whipping cream, 1 oz of room temperature cream cheese, a pinch of salt, a tablespoon of sugar & vanilla extract. I whip these together using my hand mixer (you can do it by hand with a whisk but it’s a lot more work like that) until it’s smooth & creamy. (tip: it’s best if you first cream the cream cheese and sugar together until it’s nice and smooth, and then add about half of the cream & work it in until there are no cream cheese lumps, then add the rest of the ingredients & continue whipping until it’s smooth & creamy. Taste it & then add more sugar or salt to your taste – if you like a slightly saltier milk cap, add more salt – if you want it sweeter, add more sugar – or if you like it a little “looser” then add a little more cream.
After making this amazingly luscious topping – top your Pineapple Cumin Green Chai Tea with it (either hot or iced) & you can either sip it with it sitting on top (the boba shops will tell you that you should hold the cup at a 45 degree angle & sip it so that you get a little bit of the crema & tea in the sip at the same time – this is probably easier to do with a cold tea!) or you can stir it in to turn it into a latte (which is what I do!) OMG – so good! I love the way the pineapple works with the milk cap & how the spices pop through the creaminess of it all. A very decadent, yummy way to enjoy this tea!
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This is the tea of the week for January 16, 2023 – I absolutely love this tea – and sadly, this is the last that I have in my personal stash of this – because I’ve been drinking it several times a week.
I love the way the sweetness of the pineapple mingles with the smoky spiced notes of the cumin and the warm notes of the other spices. YUM! When I have a tea like this, it makes me wish that we had more fall and winter and even early spring – and less of the warmer spring months & summer because teas like this are so much yummier when it’s chilly!
Cumin always scares me a little, but when it’s done well it’s gorgeous. I don’t think I’ve seen it in a tea before!
Though I use it a lot in cooking, I was definitely hesitant to try it in a tea! I don’t notice it specifically in the flavor though!
I enjoy using cumin in chai blends, although I don’t use it often. I like the slightly smoky element it adds to a chai.