Fruity Paradise
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92 Aroma: 9/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 4/5Tchuggin' Okie (455 reviews) on Jan. 4th, 2026
Fruity Paradise seems to epitomize the "Miscellaneous Blend" category on RateTea, as it contains pieces of four fruits (pineapple, mango, raspberry, strawberry), two tea types (green and black), a flower (rose petals), and "natural flavors." Though a 4-oz. plastic and aluminum can appears in the photo, it also comes in a 1.6-oz. reclosable plastic bag, as I purchased at an H-E-B store in north Texas.
The dry-leaf aroma was potent, sweet and slightly sour: mostly pineapple with the other fruits, green tea, and rose all faintly detectable in the background. Since I like pineapple, that was mighty dandy. Eating one of the pineapple pieces reveals it's a strong, well-dried type, and also highly candied. In fact, the mango is well-sugared too, something to be aware of if highly sugar-sensitive (though the concentration in a full cup of tea won't be very great).
Though some black tea exists in here, and fruit flavors tend to come out stronger when steeped longer, I first followed the more green-tea-like, 1–3-minute, lower-temperature brewing instructions typical for green tea. That produced a weaker version of what's described below. Then I went with a 5–6-minute steep, which didn't seem to render the green-tea component overly bitter, and indeed cranked up the rest. The longer-brewed result was probably the best fruit green tea I've had: a well-balanced, fruit-punch and green-tea flavor, still more pineapple than other fruits, but by only a slim margin, and still a faint whiff of rose. Though I use sweetener, I suspect many folks won't desire to. Although I loved this tea overall, its per-ounce price was high, but in this particular case you get what you pay for. Had it been inexpensive and this good, the rating would have been a 9/5/5 rack, and I never have given a 100.
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