This is a good tea but I don’t find it to be a fantastic tea. It is however, highly enjoyable, and worth Simpson and Vail’s reasonable price. They don’t get a Butiki price for this tea, I forget what I paid. The mango notes are nice but could be a little stronger. The tea itself is very dark in color but the tea has none of the flavors of a roasted oolong, no roasted barley flavor at all. As I usually don’t like roasted barley flavor all that much this is good.
I picked this tea today by chance. I had planned to drink Happy Kombucha from David’s Tea this morning, a blend I bought the other day. That will probably get returned without me ever having tried it as I have no reason to trust it. I saw on the ingredient list “Gluten Free Wheat Starch” and am waiting for an email response from David’s Tea to prove that the wheat starch is gluten free. If they don’t come back with a report saying they test each batch for gluten I will not drink it. I want to see evidence.
I brewed this once in an 18oz teapot with 3 tsp leaf and 190 degree water for 3 min.
Flavors: Mango
