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This is actually a new release from Lupicia. They really love their peach teas! Even though they already offer a peach and vanilla green tea (Momoko), I guess they felt that white peach is different enough to warrant its own tea. This does seem to be a higher grade sencha than they generally use for their flavored greens, with a darker color and more slender, aromatic leaves. The white peach aroma is fantastic.
I steeped this for 2 minutes instead of my usual 3, and I think next time I’ll reduce the time even more as it came out just a little bit bitter. But wow, this tea is a stunner! The peach flavor is so crazy sweet and lush and juicy. It’s almost slightly mango-like as well, and creamy enough that it tastes a bit like a peach smoothie. The base tea is vegetal, and a touch bitter due to my foolish mistreatment. There’s a nice touch of floral at the end as well.
Luscious! Another outstanding fruity tea from Lupicia. I hope they plan to keep this one around!
Flavors: Bitter, Creamy, Floral, Mango, Peach, Spinach, Sweet, Vegetal
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You had me at mango. The combo of all those flavours sounds incredible, I really want to try this.
I’m drinking this now and omgosh it’s so yummy! It’s my last Lupicia to try. I tried 13 plus 6 samples. What a great experience. <3
Oh, and I did the same thing. I steeped it at 175F and it is bitter as well.
@Kawaii – I’m glad you like it! I think this one is a higher quality sencha base than they normally use. So I suppose I should steep it with that in mind – generally with straight sencha I’ll steep for 1 minute at most.
@Cameron B Sounds good. I’ll try that too. :D
You had me at mango. The combo of all those flavours sounds incredible, I really want to try this.
I’m drinking this now and omgosh it’s so yummy! It’s my last Lupicia to try. I tried 13 plus 6 samples. What a great experience. <3
Oh, and I did the same thing. I steeped it at 175F and it is bitter as well.
@Kawaii – I’m glad you like it! I think this one is a higher quality sencha base than they normally use. So I suppose I should steep it with that in mind – generally with straight sencha I’ll steep for 1 minute at most.
@Cameron B Sounds good. I’ll try that too. :D