“This is a really solid genmaicha, but I didn’t taste any cotton candy/fruit/sugar notes.” Read full tasting note
“(52teas (Anne) 2022: 113) Not bad – tasted some cotton candy, but wanted more. It was a bit overpowered by the toasted rice. Will chalk that up to age, though.” Read full tasting note
“Today was my first exam and it was a shitshow. Now I’m no stranger to walking out of an exam and feeling like I failed but that was in undergrad when I never went to class or did a reading and...” Read full tasting note
“Sipdown (308)! Thanks VariaTea for the sample! 52Teas flavoured Genmaicha are usually pretty solid, so I was pretty excited when this one was announced, although a little skeptical that it would...” Read full tasting note
Tea of the Week for May 22, 2017!
Oh! My! Goodness! This is good stuff!
I had planned on making this particular blend a couple of months ago – but I didn’t have everything I needed to complete the tea so I scrapped it and instead made the Strawberry Genmaicha which went over quite well too.
But this tea was definitely worth the wait! This is so yummy!
It is sweet – obviously – after all, it is a cotton candy tea. It’s supposed to be sweet. So if a sweet tasting tea isn’t your thing, this isn’t a tea that I’d recommend for you. For the rest of you – you’ve got to try this!
I started with organic Matcha infused Genmaicha and blended it with natural flavors, then I added some amaranth petals and some purple heart shaped candy sprinkles. I don’t often add candy sprinkles to tea – in fact, I’m usually opposed to it because I like to decide if I want sugar in my tea or not. But since this IS a cotton candy tea, I thought it would be an acceptable addition for this tea (don’t worry, they’re vegan and gluten-free sprinkles!)
The result is a seriously tasty tea – and I don’t think that this one is going to be sticking around very long so you should grab a pouch now!
I do recommend tasting before you sweeten (if you’re one of those who chooses to sweeten automatically before you taste the tea) because as I said, it is naturally sweet and the sprinkles do add some sugar. Not a lot, but some.
organic ingredients: green teas, popped rice, amaranth petals & natural flavors
ingredients: vegan gluten-free candy sprinkles (sugar, potato starch, vegetable fat, maltodextrin, spirulina extract & color.)
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