Lime Marshmallow Treat Genmai-ChunMee

Sipdown!

I think this one has grown on me a wee bit. The lime flavor is very zesty yet candylike, which is quite similar to those lime mini marshmallows. I’m not sure I really get any sense of marshmallow, though, which is a shame. And I really feel I would prefer this with a standard bancha or sencha base, but then again chun mei is not my favorite choice as Chinese green teas go anyway.

Anyway, this was a fun and unusual one to try. And now that I’ve sipped down my two old 52teas blends, I can start on the current month’s!

(52teas (Anne) 2022: 86)

I’m a fan, even though I oversteeped it! Lovely creaminess, toastiness, and lime flavour. Mmmmm. Looks like I similarly enjoyed it last time too (I assumed I’d lazily not rated this, but I was wrong). I think I’m a fan of “genmai-chunmee” more than the typical genmaichas.

The other day I got to try 4 different 52Teas flavored teas. I had all of them as recommended (For once lol. I usually put them in a 20oz and sip them throughout the day). It’s a good genmaicha with roasted rice notes, and it was very citrusy, lime and the rind notes. There was no hint of bitterness, just a nice fruity lime taste with a creamy marshmallow background.

I bet this would taste really good iced as well. I’m becoming quite a fan of 52Teas but I admit other than them, I’m still not into trying anyone else’s flavored teas other than 52Teas (and Lupicia). I held a few boxes at the grocery store the other day, and I just couldn’t lol. I like the fruit bits, the naturalness of their teas. It always feels so wholesome when I drink them versus artificial ickiness.

I love the Marshmallow Treat genmaicha flavors from 52Teas, they always have a variety of special blends with this as the base and I love to try them all. This blend adds a new spin of using chunmee green tea alongside the puffed rice and other ingredients.

This tea is fragrant and sweet and flavorful and I really enjoy it. But I think it would be more aptly named as something like Key Lime Pie ChunMee. I just don’t detect as much of the toasted rice cereal-like flavor I usually taste in other 52Teas genmaicha blends. The tea smells just like the sweet vanilla lime dessert yogurt flavor and goes well with the bright green tea base. It is the perfect balance of tart and sweet and feels deliciously spring and summery. This tea is for fans of lime more than fans of genmaicha, but luckily I am a fan of both and can’t wait to brew another mug.