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Smells like a gentle lemon/orange green tea mix. It’s a more gentle flavored green, too. I can taste the green tea first then the orange then the lemon jumps thru and then a floral taste and then back to green tea. This is a very satisfying but not overly done (or loud) green!

Sip and Send to a friend :)

small taste tonight with perhaps another quickie tomorrow before sending off the rest to a friend. COLORFUL :) HAPPY!

Backlogging…fruity, nutty, smooth

This is highly scented – very nice! And it LOOKS lovely! :)

Post infusion…everything seems to come together to create it’s-own aroma which is much different from before infusing but still VERY nice! I can smell the orange and floral tones a bit more than the others but not by much and I can smell a little something that reminds me of candy, too!

It has a very nice/pleasant yet slightly juicy and floral taste to it but it’s certainly GOOD. I am very happy with this tea! Soooooo glad I got to try it!

I’ve had my ups and downs with Mates!
This one changes my mind!!!
I really like this one!
:)

It’s very energizing with lots of true-orange but slight hints of licorice and floral notes…WOW! Mate Success! Woot! Woot!

This smells awesome! Like a mixture of Mango, Apple, Lemon, Passionfruit, Flowers, etc…

WOW! VERY scented! Nice!

I can taste the Oolong, Flowers, and fruity flavoring. Everything mixes well together. I’m drinking hot right now but I can see this ICED in my future!!!

Thanks to Azzrian I was able to have a bit more of this! It’s delightful! I had to crack my black tea streak with something! This did the trick :) See previous notes!

I don’t think I have ever tried a true Lapacho. I read that I am to infuse for up to 25 minutes! WOW!!!! Is that right? LOL

Anyhow…

Smells like orange prior to infusion. As it’s infusing you can smell the vanilla too. It also has a sweet wood smell – slight – sweet

As it continues to steep it smells more and more like a creamsicle.

I’m sampling a sip here and there as it continues to steep. So far I am at about 15 minutes…it does seem to get better and better tasting the more it continues to infuse but I am very impatient. LOL

Okay…at 20-ish minutes I couldn’t wait any longer! LOL

I did noticed it gets LESS bitter and smooths out the longer it sits. It’s quite smooth at 20-some minutes and juicy and thirst quenching. I’m getting more orange than vanilla…next to no vanilla but then again it probably pulls back the orange flavor a bit and makes it more smooth…so I guess it all works out.

I must say this is different from anything I have prepared but I really like it.

In the words of Sheryl Crow…
A CHANGE WILL DO YOU GOOD
:)

Backlogging from last night…it wasn’t as good as my first attempt…but still ok…tasted more like coffee or toffee and less like tea or truffle or peach. But I do remember my first impression and I will stay with the rating.

Smell of Dry Blend: Peach, Chocolate, Nutty, Black Tea, Almost a flavored Coffee type smell
Smell of Tea after infusion: Peach, Chocolate, Flavored Nutty Coffee-esque
Coloring: Dark brown with a little murkiness…hard to tell because it’s very dark in color.
Taste: Black Tea with Nutty and Peach Flavorings. Maybe a hint of flavored coffee taste…but not much at all.

This was certainly a treat. The warmness lingers long after the sip goes down. A creative blend that does work well!

Still can’t get over the aroma of this! It’s awesome. A nice cup, too!

I know this tastes good but my palate is saying ‘eeeh’ to black, black flavored, and greens today…take ‘em or leave ’em type thoughts…I don’t think that has ever happened. I guess I will change to whites and oolongs…see if that’s what I am craving today…

WOW! This has quite the aroma! It’s sort of like a sugary cherry floral scent.
The liquid is a little murky but the taste is pleasant
A very pretty tea.