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“(52teas (Anne) 2022: 168) I is for… Iced Tea Blend! Hopefully I’ll remember to cold-brew this next time, as it seems others have done successfully. Instead, I brewed hot and diluted with many ice...” Read full tasting note
“#tiffanys2021sipdown Tea #172 overall / Tea #43 for April An Ode to Tea, I is for Iced tea blend green tea by 52teas (gifted by AJrimmer) Wednesday 4/28 — first day off in 10 days so I started a...” Read full tasting note
“AJRimmer Advent Day 4 It was suggested I have this tea cold, so I cold steeped it! This reminds me of 52teas Graveyard Mist, which I enjoyed. Lighter on the spearmint and with lemon! I didn’t pick...” Read full tasting note
“Another cold brew. It’s been so hot, so I’m finally trying many of the teas that are better suited iced. Not getting any peach, which is strange because there were plenty of big freeze dried...” Read full tasting note
Tea of the Week for August 5, 2019!
Weird name, right? I mean, you can really turn any green tea into an iced tea – so what makes this one so special – or rather – so much more “iced tea” than any other green tea? Well, I don’t know that it’s necessarily “more” iced tea, but this tea was crafted specifically as an iced tea blend. I added flavors to it that I thought would help it to shine as an iced tea.
First, I started with a sweet tasting Chinese Sencha – it’s light, it’s refreshing, it makes for a pleasant iced tea base. Then I added spearmint leaves for a crisp, fresh flavor. Then I added some peaches to give it a delicious juicy sweetness. I added a few dried lemon wedges to add a touch of brightness to the cup. Finally, I added a bit of honey essence to boost the sweetness just a bit. Together, these profiles create a light, refreshing, flavorful iced tea.
I prefer to cold-brew this, if for no other reason than the simplicity of it. I have a quart size jar with a large cold-brew filter (that is as long as the jar – so there’s plenty of room for those leaves to expand!) and it’s perfect for cold-brewing. I use about 7.5 grams of tea for a quart of iced tea, fill the jar with cold, freshly filtered water and stash it in the refrigerator and let it chill for 6 – 8 hours (or overnight – which is my favorite way to do it, you can set it up before you go to bed, sleep, and when you wake up, you have iced tea all ready for you!) But, this tea is so forgiving that you can forget about it and leave it steeping for nearly 24 hours (actually, about 22 hours) and it still tastes great. (Care to guess how I know?)
This is a winner – and since we can probably expect at least a couple more weeks of hot weather – perhaps the time is right for this tea! And, of course, it’s organic, VEGAN, gluten-free & allergen free!
organic ingredients: green tea, spearmint leaves, peaches, lemons, calendula petals & natural flavors
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I is for… Iced Tea Blend!
Hopefully I’ll remember to cold-brew this next time, as it seems others have done successfully. Instead, I brewed hot and diluted with many ice cubes. The result is nicely refreshing from the spearmint, but the peach isn’t quite meshing for me, especially cold. However, warmed to room temp I feel like the two flavours integrate a bit better. Interestingly – I don’t really taste any lemon, or at least, not any up front. Maybe it’s blending in too well and I’m not paying enough attention? Not a favourite for me as I don’t love mint but it does seem like it would be very refreshing on a hot day!
#tiffanys2021sipdown Tea #172 overall / Tea #43 for April
An Ode to Tea, I is for Iced tea blend green tea by 52teas (gifted by AJrimmer)
Wednesday 4/28 — first day off in 10 days so I started a whole row of cold brews this morning and made more cold brews later. Also a day with highs in low 80s. The crisp mint and green tea base are good but I don’t get any of the peaches or lemons in the ingredients. :( I will try hot then putting in fridge when I find my sub box packet.
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AJRimmer Advent Day 4
It was suggested I have this tea cold, so I cold steeped it! This reminds me of 52teas Graveyard Mist, which I enjoyed. Lighter on the spearmint and with lemon! I didn’t pick out that there was fruit in it until reading the description, but I feel like I get hints of it now. This is a nice cup and I’m glad I refilled the steeping jar with fresh water for a second steeping tomorrow!
Also, I think I just figured out AJRimmer’s handle! Red Dwarf?
Yeah! Red Dwarf is my favorite show so I’ve always used it for my screen names (:
I feel like I should have pieced it together sooner! I really like that show too. Love the theme song!
I waited to show it to my partner until we’d been together for five years because I was nervous he wouldn’t like it and then like we’d just have to break up?? :P But now he quotes it constantly, so it was a big success. The four books are super good too if you haven’t read those!
That’s really cute! I’m glad he likes it and can enjoy it with you. My partner is a Star Trek fan and I’m not quite sure RD would be his thing. I should test this out. I haven’t read the books! I don’t think I even knew there were books.
Another cold brew. It’s been so hot, so I’m finally trying many of the teas that are better suited iced. Not getting any peach, which is strange because there were plenty of big freeze dried pieces. Mostly spearmint, with a hint of lemon. Much like Kiwi Mojito, it’s a perfectly fine blend, but mint just isn’t really my thing.
After brewing, I refrigerated this tea for two hours before trying it. I wasn’t expecting anything exciting, but wow is this tasty. The mint is so bright, and there’s a bit of sweetness. The flavor lingers in your mouth for several minutes. I don’t notice a green tea or peach flavor really, but I’m more than fine with the flavor it has. It’s so refreshing. I can’t wait to have it again.
Peaches (that come in nice big chunks), spearmint, and lemon come well together in this iced tea blend. The green tea gets rather lost and overwhelmed but I think it is by design. Honestly, it does not taste like a tea much, but rather as a strong fruity herbal.
It is solid hot and very good and refreshing as an iced tea. Would be a lifesaver in a hot summer.
Flavors: Lemon, Peach, Spearmint
This is the first tea of the week for August – and it’s the tea that’s been in my fridge for the last few days – I have cold-brewed it three nights in a row now and enjoyed them during these uncomfortably hot days of the end of August.
This is fantastic – it’s sweet (notes of honey & peach – as well as the Chinese Sencha!), it’s juicy (peaches & lemon) and it is crisp and refreshing (spearmint). It’s pleasantly cooling. It’s wonderful!
I know it’s a little late in the hot season but these last days of summer are the hottest ones (at least, that’s the way it seems here in the Pacific Northwest!) so it’s still well worth the investment for these next couple of weeks of heat.
