This gorgeous tea blend from Tea Forté is specially made and designed to work with Tea Forté’s signature Tea-Over-Ice iced tea brewing pitcher set. This was the first iced tea I made with my Tea-Over-Ice pitcher, and it was fabulously yummy!
With the way it is prepared, by brewing the tea and pouring over ice, I expected there might be some loss of flavor thereby essentially diluting the tea; however I was pleasantly surprised to find NO loss of flavor.
The gorgeous clear mesh pyramid sachets are specially blended for “flash chilling” over ice in this method so you have no loss of flavor or intensity. I brewed the sachet as directed and it was a beautiful iced tea flavor – very light and refreshing, perfect for iced tea!
Tea Forté describes this tea as:
Specially blended to be flash-chilled, this unusual blend of fine white tea with crisp ginger is balanced by sweet Japanese pear.
Ingredients: ginger, blackberry leaves, lemon balm leaves, white tea, mallow flowers, flavoring
The most prominent flavor is the pear flavoring, and it’s a very sweet pear flavor, with hints of citrus and earthy ginger. The ginger is soft and mild, and blends well with the other flavors without being too intense. The white tea base is absolutely lovely, high quality and complementary to the flavor profiles in the tea. If you are looking for a sweet, light, refreshing and invigorating iced tea for summertime, this is the perfect iced tea.
The sachet makes enough tea for one of their Tea-Over-Ice pitchers, which is perfect for just 2 people! As usual, Tea Forté combines aesthetic elegance with delicious and vivacious flavors that are a treat for your taste buds.
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marlena said, in reply to Better Belly Blend from Two Leaves and a Bud on August 30, 2010 at 12:35 pm
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"Well, as someone who has tasted a lot of chai tea, I can attest that this really is not very similar in taste to Chai. Chai tends to focus on the spices, whereas this tea’s focus is on the orange, with the spices being very gentle and more of an accent to the orange."
liber-teas said, in reply to Harvest Orange Spice from Octavia Tea on August 25, 2010 at 11:00 pm
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"How fun! I love drinking tea so I love that you have a whole blog related to reviewing them. One brand that I really love that I don’t see on your list is the Portsmouth Tea Company. When I lived in Boston I used to buy lots of their teas and they were oh so unique. They had some really great fruity and floral blends. It’s interesting that..."
Kelly said, in reply to Harvest Orange Spice from Octavia Tea on August 25, 2010 at 11:25 am
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"Haha!! My co-worker told me that she purchased this tea after having purchased the Matcha Latte at Seattle’s Best, and her and another co-worker purchased this because they believed it was what was served there. She stated to me today that “it didn’t seem the same exactly…it felt like their was something..."
The Tea Guru said, in reply to Matcha Latté with Honeydew from Tazo Tea on August 20, 2010 at 8:55 pm
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"I’m not absolutely certain, but I believe that this is the concentrate that Seattle’s Best coffee shops use to make their matcha latte. The lattes I’ve enjoyed there were sweet with a definite melon flavor… and I have noticed that they sell other Tazo teas there. If it IS the concentrate that they use… I am..."
liber-teas said, in reply to Matcha Latté with Honeydew from Tazo Tea on August 20, 2010 at 8:47 pm
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"I Love this tea!! This flavor is my favorite. I am so addicted to it! Thanks
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Betsy said, in reply to Raspberry Earl from Zhena’s Gypsy Tea on August 20, 2010 at 4:55 pm
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liber-teas said, in reply to Easter Tea from Dammann Frères on August 19, 2010 at 7:42 pm
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