Strawberries & Cream

I’ve had several great green strawberry teas that were bright and full of flavor. Kusmi and Lupicia both come to mind. This was not one of them. I kept searching for the fruit and just got the ghost of it instead. I do get a little bit of cream, but it isn’t interesting without the strawberry there. The instructions do say to steep this in almost boiling water, which I just can’t bring myself to do to a green, so maybe it is user error. I did steep it for 3 minutes like the instructions say. Still, hard pass on this one for me.

Another one that I was actually pretty on board with! It’s light to medium bodied with a pretty distinctly grassy green tea base, but the notes of strawberries and sweet cream are both indulgent and playfully fresh. Somewhere in between a more candy-like strawberry taste and the real deal, with a hint of tartness that alludes to the brightness of a strawberry without the use of hibiscus. There’s a nice floral undertone and I think it kind of helps push the more candy-like elements of the flavour away from that “fake” and cloying zone. If I’m nitpicking, then I feel like the “cream” could have been stronger but ultimately I think this was pretty good for the cost/format it comes in!

So far April’s box (which is breakfast themed) has had the best success rate of any of the month’s themes thus far…