Vanilla Sunrise

Sipdown! (8)

Another oldest tea bites the dust! This was one nice enough, but I always felt like it needed more flavoring, and found it odd that they added hibiscus to a tea with vanilla in it. I get it, it makes the orange pop more, but I feel like it works against the vanilla. Still a perfectly fine blend, just ends up tasting a little more generically hibiscus than I would prefer (though not very tart). The green maté base is soft and haylike, gently herby and earthy.

As for the company, note sure if they went out of business or…? Their website is there but checkout is disabled. A shame, I was curious to try a couple of their other blends.

Thank you to Zappyo for gifting this tea for me to review!

Truth be told, I would have ordered all of the flavours regardless – it’s so rare to see a company carrying so many fun and pretty unique sounding yerba mate blends that I would have been too curious not to. Watching Jann’s interview would have DEFINITELY pushed me even further over that edge. However, I’ll happily take free tea that I would have purchased regardless.

Jann’s Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MunC-T4pI-M&ab_channel=TeawithJann

This and Pina Elektra were the two blends I was most curious about, but honestly all of them sounded really good. I was thrilled to see this in the package of two teas that I received from the company. Steeped up this was fresh & lively maté, bright orange, a hint of creamy vanilla and just a pinch of hibiscus – like the maté equivalent of a Creamsicle! Like I said above, over the last few years it’s become increasingly hard to find unique and fun yerba mate flavours to explore, which is why I was excited for Zappyo’s launch. Really looking forward to exploring the rest of their line up, and crossing my fingers for some fun roasted maté flavours in the future!

…and, admittedly, I did end up ordering a bag of each of their remaining teas after trying this one. So the free tea worked its magic at least on me!

Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/CMZo1MeAIZX/

Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=796h8z2SgEg&ab_channel=PenguinPrison