Island Blend

Tea Information:

Leaf Type: Green

Company Description:

A Green tea blend called SENCHA FINE from Japan with all natural Vanilla & Mango flavoring. Think of swinging ever so gently on a canvas hammock, one leg draped off the side. A warm breeze blowing across the lagoon of an exotic island with the smell of mango in the air, as you sip away your worries…

Taster’s Review:

This is a very unusual tea – and I mean that in a very good way. Mango and vanilla are two flavors that I wouldn’t ordinarily think about putting together, but this combination of mango, vanilla and Japanese Sencha tea creates an almost seamless flavor that is not exactly vanilla or mango or green tea. It’s like a new flavor that I’ve not really encountered before today.

It’s really delicious!

The green tea offers a fresh and somewhat vegetative nature to the blend. I can also note a slight buttery essence to the tea, which I would attribute to the Sencha as well. The mango is sweet and fragrant – as is the vanilla. The vanilla also offers a creamy taste and texture to the cup, while the mango offers its distinctive fruit flavor to it.

These qualities mesh together so well that it’s difficult to distinguish one flavor from another. The result is a smooth, rich flavor that glides over the palate like a beautiful, elegant dance executed so well that it appears effortless.

This tea is really, truly YUM and I want more.

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Anne (aka the Mad Tea Artist) has celebrated her 29th birthday for many years now. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her hubby and her youngest daughter. Her oldest daughter is married and has bestowed Anne with the proud title of "Gramma" and her grandson is about the cutest boy you ever did see. Anne started her journey with tea as a casual drinker and became more serious about her tea drinking when she realized that she couldn't drink coffee. Shortly thereafter, she started becoming obsessed with the beverage and she started creating small-batch, artisan blends of tea that she sold online as LiberTEAS. After a few years, she realized she wasn't cut out to be the sole proprietor of a business so she closed LiberTEAS and started reviewing teas online. She met Jennifer through another blog that they both reviewed for and they decided to start their own review blog. This review blog! Throughout her journey as a tea reviewer, she discovered 52Teas and became enamored with the idea of creating a new tea every week. When the founder of 52Teas decided he wanted to move on, he offered the business to Anne but knowing that she wasn't cut out to be a sole proprietor, she instead offered the company to her oldest daughter who employs her as the Mad Tea Artist for 52Teas!

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