Friday, October 1, 2010

Zhena's Gypsy Tea: Biodynamic Green Tea Blueberry Vanilla

Steep time: 3-4 minutes

Ingredients: organic fair trade biodynamic green tea, organic blueberries, organic blueberry flavor, organic vanilla flavor, organic vanilla pieces.

Aroma: out of the packet the tea leaves smell exactly like blueberries and vanilla. Has a super sweet scent which made me wary of the flavor. After steeping, tea has a fresh made-from-scratch blueberry pie smell.

Packaging: The tea bag has that unique triangle shape which allows the tea leaves to unfurl, and it has a thread, which I like because I can take the tea bag out by hand. It's bag packaging is a plastic-mix material which is recycleable and I would imagine would keep the tea fresh for a long time.

Tea Leaf Quality: Tea pieces & tea leaves. Before steeping I saw small tea chunks, after steeping I realize they are actually curled up tea leaves. There are also chunks of blueberry (you can see a blueberry stain in the cut open bag post-steeping picture above) and vanilla flakes.

Taste: The bag describes the tea as the "ultimate pure tea experience...meet(s) the extremely rigid guidelines to be Demeter Certified Biodynamic". The tea definitely has a fresh taste. It's (what I would consider) more of a gourmet tea. It's smoothe with a little spice in the after taste left at the tip of your tongue. To me it has a green tea flavor, with a blueberry kick and subtle notes of vanilla. It's enjoyable.




Aroma 7/10
Packaging 10/10
Price 6/10
Taste 6.5/10
Tea Quality 10/10

Overall 8/10

No pictures available, they were deleted accidentally... oops.
Available @ http://www.gypsytea.com/

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