Fruit Green Tea

One-litre pot at home, made from a mixture of several sorts of Chinese green tea, pieces of caramelised pineapple and mango, as well as the blossom of rose, calendula, malva, cornflower and passiflora - all sprinkled with flavour. Pours slightly hazy olive straw (against white china) with little sediment. Clear aroma o...

Cup at work, made from a mixture of green tea leaves, marigold blossoms, pieces of mango, and passion fruit granulate, all sprinkled with flavour. Pours clear mango yellow (against white china) with no sediment. Clear, intense aroma of mango, with touches of green tea leaves and hints of passion fruit. Mildly bitter fl...

One-litre pot at home, made from a mixture of green tea leaves and lemon peel, sprinkled with flavour. Pours clear straw (against white china) with no sediment. Clear aroma of lemon, with notes of green tea leaves. Mildly bitter flavour of green tea, with clear notes of lemon and lime. Moderately astringent palate with...

Half-litre pot at the company’s tea lounge in Hamburg, made of a mixture of Sencha leaves and pieces of apple, rhubarb and raspberries, all sprinkled with flavouring. Pours slightly hazy light straw (against white china) with no sediment. Clear aroma of berries and rhubarb, with touches of Sencha. Delicate flavour of...

Back to traveling with motel stays again this year, and back to finding their teas I haven't rated yet! As always, I'll bring an extra bag home to try in my well water for consistency in rating, so that bad local water doesn't affect a tea's rating unduly.

The concept behind "Green Tea with Lemon" left me with a s...