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Overwhelming aroma after opening the can!
Brews to a straw colour, After steeping the flavour is dominated by apple and quince, very fruity and intense mix.
The taste is rich, with solid green tea base and fruity notes only in the background.
Good tea. I need to try it as a coldbrew. In fact the manufacturer strongly recommends it.

Strong sweety and zesty aroma, with slight malty undertones.
Dry, watery and bland taste, orange peel notes are barely visible, as well as the base black tea notes.

Milk, caramel and sweetness are dominant, you can barely taste the black tea. Not actually bad and it really brings the proper chai to mind, but could use more of the tea component.

But if dissolved not in water, but in previously brewed black tea, it becomes much more interesting, more rich and complex. I suggest this way of preparing.

Very mellow, watery taste, with nothing to focus on. Drinkable, but way too bland.

Poor quality base green tea, strong astringency, very low lemongrass and lemon peel aroma (and adding lemon peel to “enhance” the sparsely used lemongrass is pathetic). Never again.

The producers’ description doesn’t lie – this yerba mate has no dust nor sticks.
Mellow, with low bitterness, but at the same time distinct and not bland. Good choice for an everyday yerba mate.

Combining yerba mate with coffee may seem like madness. Can it work?
Right from the packaging it smells like freshly grounded coffee. This smell is still strong after steeping.
The taste is peculiar. At the first steeping there is a great balance between coffee notes and the base yerba mate. No smokiness, no bitterness, just a great balanced taste.
The second steep is more inclined towards yerba mate, but coffee taste is still strong.
The third steep has a lot less coffee, the base yerba mate is much more evident. And since it is not smoked, it seems rather bland.

I prefer smoked yerba mates, that’s why this one seems to bland and indistinct for me. Not much to focus on. Fortunately I have only a sample, not a whole pack.