Brand: Twinings
Flavour: Gingerbread Green Tea
Ingredients: Green tea, ginger root (29%), natural flavouring (5%)
Caffeine Factor: Caffeinated Organic Ingredients: Unknown Price Range: £2.69 Bags Per Box: 20Review: Green tea is really trendy, for its health benefits...but a lot of people are put off by how bitter it can be (especially if you over-brew it). Twinings seem to be on a mission to cash in on that trend and make green tea more tolerable to the general public, by sweetening it any way they can. But the truth is: it just doesn't work. You can always taste that bitter flavour underneath, but now it's been masked by artificial-tasting 'flavouring' (no matter how much Twinings insist it's 'natural', it tastes manufactured).
This blend falls into that category. The initial smell is nice: gingery and slightly sweet, making you think of delicious gingerbread, as the name promises. But the flavour doesn't live up to the aroma, even if it won a 'great taste' award. It's like syrupy stem ginger...mixed with bitter green tea. It's not a successful combination. In fact, it's downright weird, the way those two contrasting tastes compete with each other in your mouth. It's not the most disgusting thing we've ever tried, but it's astringent and even soapy. As Tulsi's husband declared, 'I don't think green tea should taste like that.' It combines well with delicate flowery tastes like jasmine or rose - but please, for the love of tea, stop trying to mix it with children's sweets!Best time of year to drink this: Winter, if you're the sort who enjoys this one.
Best time of day to drink this: Evening / after dinner.
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