Posts Tagged ‘Lime Juice’
June 18th, 2010 | 
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Category: Green
Tea Company: California Tea House (website)
Ingredients: Indian Assam and fine Chinese green teas tossed with shredded coconut, lime juice and sunflower petals.
Vendor Suggested Preparation: Use 1 to 2 heaping teaspoons per cup of just below boiling (steaming) filtered water and steep for 2 to 3 minutes.
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These leaves are beautiful. I was surprised at how large the coconut shavings were. These were no ordinary shavings used in baking coconut, no not in this tea! This tea brewed up a beautiful lemon lime green. The aroma is very coconutty with a bit of citrus sneaking in as well. It reminds me of Harney and Sons Bangkok Green tea (minus the ginger). There is almost a buttery note to the scent as well.
As far as the taste goes, it is a lightly flavored, buttery green tea. I taste the bright, citrusy lime in the forefront, then the buttery green base with a hint of coconut at the end. The coconut is very strong in scent and as I sip it I get more from the scent of the coconut than the taste of the coconut. Does coconut make the tea taste buttery and smooth, or is that the actual tea itself? This texture I’m tasting was similar in the Harney and Sons tea mentioned above, which also had coconut in it. I do like how smooth this blend is. Nothing stands out too sharply. I really enjoy the lime flavor in this tea. It doesn’t overpower the green tea, but blends with it rather nicely. I’m glad to have enjoyed a mug full of this.
You can purchase the Lime in the Coconut directly from the California Tea House website.
Posted in California Tea House, Flavoured Tea, Green tea | 
Tags: Aroma, Assam, california tea company, Filtered Water, Forefront, Green tea, Green Teas, Harney and Sons, Harney And Sons Tea, Lemon Lime, Lime Green, Lime In The Coconut, Lime Juice, Petals, Shavings, Shredded Coconut, Sip, Sunflower, Tea Company, tea review, Tea Taste, Teaspoons Per Cup | 
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