Mango and Lychee Green Tea

This was the last tea I tried while at Twinings! It was cold brewed, which seemed to be a HUGE thing in both London/Germany throughout my trip. Much bigger than it is here in North America. Additionally, the shop had also added lemonade to the sample as well. I found it incredibly sweet, but not unpleasant. The mango was much, much stronger tasting to me than the lychee (which was totally masked) but even that note was a bit tricky to pull out from the lemonade. Though the finished drink was refreshing and nice, I wish I’d have gotten to experience the tea on its own instead of in a mixed drink…

Also, I just want to shout out the girl who was sampling! She had a nose ring, neon blue hair, and was just so antithetical to this sort of more “stuffy and proper” image I had stereotypically put together about what the Twinings staff might be like. She got really excited about the “Satantic Tea Co” shirt I was wearing, and we had a great conversation not just about that tea company but about metal music in general. She was really fun, and made the stop a lot more memorable than it probably would have been otherwise.

I found a sample tea bag of this tea, so I tried it, and I must say it was a very nice surprise : a fruited green tea, from one of the big companies, to begin with, in teabag even…a lot of mango in nose, and the sweetness of litchi in finish, but all smelling and tasting very natural. I´m not much of a green tea expert, but I even think the green tea base is really good.

This is a decent blend for what it is. The green base is pretty meh, but there’s a strong note of sweet, syrupy lychee to make up for it. It’s got nothing on the greats of the lychee world, like Butiki’s magnificent and much mourned Lychee Oolong. It’s not a particularly complex blend, or an outstanding one, and I don’t think it’ll be a restock. Still, not bad for less than £2 on special.

1 teabag used
Brewing tea aroma has a pineapple-tropical fruits aroma
Good pineapple flavour. Interesting mouthfeel that I would describe as “slippery”. Good balance of flavour. Lychee note present. Flavour is a bit dilute.

Thanks to MissB for sharing with me!

I keep on drinking this and not really paying attention. Bah! Had it yesterday and remember it being pleasant and sweet, almost too sweet. I do really love these though; green tea that I can’t seem to mess up and get all bitter and icky.

Lovely afternoon tea