If you like Pina Coladas…
Friday, August 15th, 2008
Dr. Tea has been all over the Internet and TV-land promoting his book titled The Ultimate Tea Diet. The book explains the many health benefits of tea, and how you can use tea to help reduce your intake of high calorie snacks. By substituting fatty snacks for tasty tea creations, weight loss is a definite possibility. Dr. Tea carries a line of teas he has dubbed as craving teas. I’ve blogged about a few of his most popular loose leaf teas (marTEA’s dr. tea blogs). For those of you that want the benefits of tea, but don’t wish to be bothered with loose leaf preparation, Dr. Tea offers some of his popular teas in a tea bag. The pina colada tea I’m blogging about today came in a very standard and convenient tea bag.
The pina colada flavored tea easily exceeded my expectations. This is a white tea with flavors of coconut and pineapple. No, there is not any rum in this tea. This is just a fun white tea that is perfect to be called a craving tea. Dr. Tea describes a TEAna Colada Frostea in his book (see book for ingredients). This would be the perfect tea to make the beverage. With a little agave nectar to help sweeten this tea, you’ll be absolutely floored by the flavor. It’s the kind of tea that just makes you smile. You can enjoy the beverage guilt-free because it is less than 5 calories . By adding agave nectar and sugar-free coconut syrup, you’ll feel like you’re drinking one of those high-calorie coffee drinks.
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Choice Organic Teas has recently introduced eight new whole leaf organic teas. The teas are neatly packaged in an artistic wrapper. The tea itself is contained in a biodegradable tea pyramid (mesh-like). Today, I’m drinking Lychee white. The white tea is both organic and fair trade. From the start, this tea’s fragrance will make your mouth water. The dry tea has an inviting sweet scent to it. It’s a very welcoming scent. As you inhale the fragrance, it awakens your senses and motivates you to get your day moving along. If you drink white tea for its low caffeine content, you’ll enjoy the relaxing nature of the tea. The lychee is a small fruit native to southern China. The lychee flavor found in tea reminds me of a mix between a sweet grape and a raspberry. You need to try it for yourself and decide. Regardless of what it reminds me of, it tastes great. To prepare the tea, I let the water sit for about 3-5 minutes after it boiled. I let the tea pyramid float in the water for about 2-3 minutes. I was left with a delicious cup of tea. The white tea was very enjoyable. The flavor is very well balanced. The white tea and lychee flavors blend together to create a beautiful medley of flavors. For an extra touch, Choice Organic added organic osmanthus flowers to the mix. This is easily one of my favorite Choice Organic products, and I can’t wait to try the other new flavors.
Fuze has one of the most decorative bottle labels I’ve ever seen. They don’t waste any real estate on the bottle letting the consumer know exactly what to expect.
I saved the best for last…The mango flavored Revolution 3D beverage was awesome. The lush mango fruit flavors were perfectly sweetened with blue agave and pure cane sugar. This tropical delight is infused with white tea and vitamins. The combination of all the ingredients create the synergistic effect known as 3D. I’ve officially tried all four flavors of the 3D beverage line. Each flavor was enjoyable. If I had to pick a favorite of mine, I’d say it was the mango followed by the blueberry.
I’ve always enjoyed citrus flavored teas. Having said that, I thought I’d try Lipton’s PureLeaf white tea - Tangerine flavored. At my local grocery store, the PureLeaf products were two for one dollar. I couldn’t pass up that deal. I don’t drink a lot of Lipton products anymore, but it’s important for me to drink RTD (ready-to-drink) beverages that I know are consumed by the masses. Lipton has the kind of reach that most beverage/tea companies can only dream of; however, most tea companies are distancing themselves from products similar to this. The move has been toward organic ingredients and agave or pure cane sugar for sweetening. Can you really taste the difference? Yes!
With a great berry vibe and a mix of white tea and vitamins, Revolution 3D continues to impress me. The stylish products deliver on both substance and quality. The pomegranate flavor was very real and intense. This product is meant to have a juice-like flavor about it. The liquid is smooth and refreshing. There was a slight tartness to this variety, but it was very mild and added an extra ingredient to the beverage. If you want to experience the flavor of pomegranate - Revolution’s 3D is a great place to start.
Revolution has introduced a new line of ready-to-drink beverages that combine white tea, fruit juice, and vitamins. Revolution describes the 3D beverage as: