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“I think I need to be a bit more cautious with infusion time on this tea, which I should have known as it’s a gunpowder. It got a bit strong and astringent, and clouded the fruity flavours. There...” Read full tasting note
“This actually tastes like strawberry banana flavored juice mixed with a rather astringent green tea. Not really a flavor profile that I love.” Read full tasting note
“Sipdown! (43 | 173) Meh, this one was okay, but nothing I would feel the need to seek out. The apple and especially the strawberry flavors are very subtle, which I’m okay with. They taste natural...” Read full tasting note
Tea of the Week for February 15, 2021!
So, this is a strawberry & apple gunpowder green tea. When it came to naming the tea, I didn’t want to call it Strawberry Apple Gunpowder green tea. It just seemed too . . . boring & I am not finding this tea boring at all! It’s so yummy. Simple, yet deliciously sweet & fruity. Just because something is simple, it doesn’t make it boring. Does it?
So, I put the words strawberry & apple together to come up with Strappleberry. Then – I did a quick google search to make sure the word was – you know – OK to use & learned that the Urban Dictionary defines Strappleberry as “a fool with a problem up in his house.” Well, this tea isn’t that. So clearly, Urban Dictionary needs to update the definition.
Right?
I also learned that a major gum manufacturer has a Strappleberry flavored gum. There’s also a Strappleberry flavored vape. Now there is a Strappleberry Gunpowder green tea.
The base is our organic Gunpowder green tea. Bold & earthy. A teensy bit smoky. A nice, satisfying green tea – one of my favorites – not just from a blender’s perspective (it’s an easy tea to work with) but also from the perspective of a tea lover (I love the depth of flavor)!
To the Gunpowder, I added lots of freeze-dried apple bits (Fuji apples) & some strawberries too (mmm! Strawberries!) The result is a tasty cuppa tea – lots of fruity flavor plus the distinctively bold, earthy notes of Gunpowder!) A delight to sip!
It’s also organic, VEGAN, gluten-free & allergen-free!
organic ingredients: green tea, apples, strawberries & natural flavors
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I think I need to be a bit more cautious with infusion time on this tea, which I should have known as it’s a gunpowder. It got a bit strong and astringent, and clouded the fruity flavours. There was a bit of strawberry, but it wasn’t amazing. I think it will be greatly improved with some extra attention!
Sipdown! (43 | 173)
Meh, this one was okay, but nothing I would feel the need to seek out.
The apple and especially the strawberry flavors are very subtle, which I’m okay with. They taste natural at least, and there’s a pleasant, lingering honeyed apple aftertaste.
The base actually reminds me of a Chinese sencha though? Very dry grassy without much else going on. For a gunpowder green tea I would expect more minerality and perhaps a bit of smokiness, but I didn’t find that here. It was cool to see the leaves unfurl though!
So the combination of the generic-tasting green base and light flavoring made this very meh for me unfortunately.
Flavors: Apple, Dry Grass, Hay, Honey, Smooth, Strawberry
