Today’s tea review is a tea I got from the recent 52 Teas Kickstarter – Mango Ice Cream Black tea!
This tea has been blended by the new 52 Teas under Anne/Liberteas! I couldn’t resist a mango tea! This is a reblend from the original 52 Teas recipe but with a new black tea base.
Dry Leaf
Mmmm, Mango Ice Cream Black tea has lots of sweet mango scent. The leaf has nice big lumps of mango too!
Steeping Instructions
I used an in-mug tea infuser – steeping the black tea for 3 minutes with boiling water. For iced, I brewed it strong and poured the tea over ice.
Tasting of 52 Teas’ Mango Ice Cream Black Tea
Mango Ice Cream Black Tea steeps up a darkly rich black with a tropical scent.
Mango Ice Cream Black Tea sips in a malty heavy black with a delicious creamy sweet background. End of sip I get a nice mango flavor. I love freeze dried fruit in tea blends, they work so well! The aftertaste is also more mango. There is a bit of briskness at the end of sip, so a bit of a rough dryness, 4/10 on the Astringent meter.
Iced: Mango Ice Cream black is really good iced! The flavor is mangos and creamy with a black tea brisk base. I think I prefer this tea iced over hot as the cool temperature brings out the mango flavor more.
Comments
Mango Ice Cream Black tea is a fun tropical black that’ll add some exotic to your afternoon tea, or a great iced tea! I drank this tea without milk and sugar, but I think with the malty base and fruity flavor it will respond well to extras. I could see this tea being AMAZING as bubble/boba tea!
Out of the three teas I got recently from 52 Teas, this one was the one I liked the least, but it was still quite good. I do like the new base, it’s more richer in taste than the old 52 Teas’ black and tastes better hot than ever before.
This tea is available in 2oz or 1/4oz size!
