Cherry Green

Backlogging and giving the rest to a friend…

I love a good green tea. I was really excited to try it with a cherry kick. It’s really good, but a little on the sweet side. I tend to like my teas unsweetened, and you definitely do not need to add any form of sweetener to this tea (so if you’re looking for a tea you can enjoy straight, but typically like sugar or honey, this may be your tea!).

I don’t think the cherry flavoring is artificial, but it’s a touch strong in my opinion. I’m happy I tried this tea, but probably won’t repurchase this variety. So far, the Adagio Green Pomegranate is my fave flavored green tea.

Got this as a sample for July 27th, but here it is August 20th. (Guess I’m not going to join Adagio’s “Week of” Club! Grateful to be able to try all 7 free samples, though…!)
First of all, I do enjoy cherries, cherry-flavored goodies of all kinds. I was looking forward to testing this sample. Opening the packet, there’s a strong aroma of cherry—but alas, a strongly artificial cherry. As a child, our family doctor would give me a little Charms brand sucker for having been a good patient. This reminds me strongly of that artificial flavor.
Still, I was willing to give this tea a chance. After all, only a few months ago I discovered Republic of Tea’s Spring Cherry Green tea, and declared I had a new favorite! Well, that’s NOT Adagio’s Cherry Green, I’m sorry to say.
The artificial quality of the cherry flavor is so strong, it reminds me of nail—or even furniture polish! I’ve had artifically-flavored candy cough drops which tasted better to me than this tea. At least with those, I knew what I was getting and accepted it was to cover any medicinal taste. I generally like—and trust—Adagio Teas’ flavors and sources. If this was truly a “natural wild cherry flavor”, then they should find a different source for it, or else use a lot less. This had no subtlety, did not taste natural at all.
I’m really disappointed. I cannot recommend this tea at all.

This tea is very floral; I enjoy it pretty well, but the rose and cherry combination apparently makes my SO think of soap too much. I think enjoyment of this tea is going to be heavily dependent on how much you can tolerate the perfume-y notes.

Not one of my favorites, which was a disappointment, considering how much I love cherry-flavored anything. The smell is decent when opening the package, but once steeped, it tasted artificial (it reminded me of liquid children’s Tylenol). Very off-putting, won’t be drinking again.

Had a sample of this at Adagio Teas today. You may be detecting a theme in my notes: I like fruit teas. This was nice, not too sweet and a lovely tart flavor. I think if I were making it at home I’d probably add a little sugar. Would be nice on ice, very refreshing.

Macho maraschino! For an instant lift, open the bag and inhale deeply :-) It’s a cherry-lover’s dream with the fresh cherry and maraschino notes. I taste more maraschino than fresh cherry. It’s very tasty.

Tea doesn’t really taste like cherries to me. It has a bright and rosy flavor, and is very pleasant.

Here’s Hoping traveling teabox – Round 3

I love actual cherries but I’m not usually a fan of cherry flavored things. This manages to be nice without reminding me of cough syrup. It’s ever so slightly tart, but the green tea base is smooth and unoffensive. I added a bit of sweetener which brought out the cherry a bit more. I’m not sure this is one I’d stock, but it was a good surprise!

Lovely green cherry tea. Light, summery. I think the cherry level is just perfect for me. Need to sit and ice my knee since I got a little too enthusiastic in my cleaning. Darn, have to drink more tea! Gosh, I guess I’ll have to catch up on Orphan Black!