I'm a tea fanatic! I drink it at least twice a day, and I'm always exploring different flavors, types, and figuring out new ways to incorporate this healthy wonderful favorite into daily life. I'm going to break down one of my favorite flavors now: The Orange Chocolate Green Tea.
The first thing I want to point out is the packaging. It seems like EVERY tea box you ever buy forces you to keep the box to preserve the tea itself.
Cardboard is replaced with a sturdy plastic casing inside, so even though it comes packaged in a nice cardboard box for presentation, there is a practical preservation of the tea itself. A convenient label on the top will keep your flavors sorted out.
The picture shows what a (nearly... I couldn't resist a bag of the Honeybrush Caramel) full package looks like, and the obviously nearly gone flavor we'll be discussing.
The tea bag itself is a very soft satin-like fabric with tiny mesh screens that allow you to see everything inside of the bag, but more importantly, the bag allows all of the flavor and leaves to easily escape into the water.
The leaves look shriveled and you can see the bits of orange peel as well. The smell of the bag itself is what gets me: It really smells semi-sweet, like baking chocolate.
I tried to show how it seems like there isn't a lot of tea in each individual package at all.
A later picture will show you just how much tea is really inside.
Simple boiled water and a bit of steeping, you can see the color of the tea is true to traditional green tea - that yellowish color with a hint of green hues is exactly what you want to see.
Here is what I really wanted to show! The tea expands almost immediately when the water hits it, and it almost has new life breathed into it. The aroma is very fragrant and it smells almost as if a dessert is cooking. It still has that semi-sweet touch to it all.
From package to tea, this is a size comparison picture of the tea before it is steeped, and right after a nice cup of tea has been made.
A close up, I tried to show (forgiving my older digital camera) how green and lively the leaves look after steeping.
The tea can be bitter if steeped too long because it is still green tea, but a bit of honey or raw sugar added takes the bite out of it, and really brings out the orange and chocolate hues to the tea. It's not so soft on flavor for a green tea, so while I often enjoy it as a nice cozy beverage, there's much more you can do!
Dessert cooking that calls for water could be pleasently stirred up with a bit of sweetened Orange Chocolate green tea, and antioxidants and the healthy qualities of green tea will keep you from feeling too guilty about sneaking a sweet into your diet. If you're interested in learning more, you can visit http://www.aikenskincare.us/ or use this direct link.
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