Coconut Flan Genmaicha

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I really enjoyed this blend. The coconut works really well with the genmaicha.

The coconut is super strong here. The only flavors I really taste are the coconut and the toasted rice. I can’t taste any of the green tea and feel like it lacks a little body, but when I added milk, I enjoyed it more. I find this one a bit boring, but I’m also pretty neutral on coconut in general. I’m missing the more creamy flan elements I expected here.

I don’t know that I’d thought about this being a reblend, but I guess it is! Anyhow, it’s quite tasty. Very creamy and sweet coconut, with nice toastiness. Yum.

I found an unopened bag of this in my tea cabinet, so that gives me hope that it’s very well preserved and still delicious. Green teas in general aren’t a favorite for me, but there’s something so delightful about the aroma of genmaicha. I love that toasted rice smell especially, and the flavor is usually pretty good too. Since I bought my electric kettle, I haven’t been so afraid of trying the lower temp teas. I always seemed to mess them up before. This one has a nice coconut flavor, and the toastiness I love is there. I don’t get anything like flan though. To be fair, I don’t know if I’ve ever eaten flan. I think of it as a kind of caramel custard or pudding. So if that’s how flan tastes, I don’t taste it here. But it’s still a nice tea for an afternoon.

Pretty fab.

Going to a meditation workshop and then to dance and then the first potluck of the season.

I may need a coffee to see me through this.

Well, ever since I came across a pouch of this in my stash the other day, I have not stopped drinking this deliciousness: coconut, roasty toasty, and green. Even a bit of marshmallow vanilla flavour shines through, though I don’t know whether those flavours are among the ingredients. Regardless, a stellar blend.

Yum!

All of 52tea’s Genmaichas are delicious. The base of this tea is a beautiful roasty green tea, and the warmth and nuttiness of the toasted rice is delicious. The addition of coconut is another layer of yum.

This tea is Coconut genmaicha, and that is exactly what it taste’s like. Neither of he strong flavor overpowers the other, just combine in a cup of warm yum.

Perhaps it was the age/storage of the sample I tried, but I didn’t get much coconut or flan from this one. I tasted the toasted, nutty flavor of the rice and that was about it. Not leaving a rating, since I’m not sure I got to taste this blend at its best.

Coldbrew!

The genmaicha ingredients are perfect, as always in 52Teas blends. I think the coconut does well, but it isn’t a combination I’d buy again (coconut is one of those flavours I get tired of very fast). However both the popped rice and coconut are sweet and toasty. I can’t taste the green base, but I’m not huge into greens so that’s ok.

Overall, it’s exactly what you want from a tea called coconut flan genmaicha. Toasty, creamy, coconut, grain/rice. A little sweet, a bit savoury. Cold brewing brings out the coconut and makes it a bit fruitier than with hot brewing (more of the rice/grain flavour)

Yet another 52 Teas flavored genmaicha hit. Seriously. I was impressed at how much this nailed the custard flavor, with just a bit of caramel, and then combined with the roasty genmaicha delicious. Breakfast or dessert, this tea works.

Check out my full review here: http://sororiteasisters.com/2017/09/04/coconut-flan-genmaicha-from-52teas/