Echinacea Shielf, which is the DT blend that this is clearly modeled after, isn’t a personal favourite tea of mine but I do think it’s an incredibly well balanced one that manages to find harmony between green tea, tropical mango, and herbaceous sage notes against all odds of those flavours not working together…
With that said, I did enjoy this tea quite a bit. It’s decidedly not as well balanced at conveying all of those flavours though – instead this really feels like an ode to sage through and through. There’s a hint of fruity sweet undertones that keep it from feeling like a savory soup stock, but the primary note here is a robust hit of sage. Now, I happen to like sage teas a lot so I didn’t at all mind that. For a sage blend, the quality of the sage seems quite good. I’d definitely drink it again for that profile, for sure.
So, in my personal opinion, not a good recreation but a nice tea as a stand alone.