Tea Tasting Guide: Tea Profiles Inspired by Different Foods
Teas can be all over the map when it comes to taste, so if you're interested in discovering new teas, sometimes it helps to start with flavors you know you already enjoy. Love nuts or fresh green vegetables, either way there's a tea for you. Check out this tea guide inspired by different foods.
| If You Like... | Try... |
| chocolate (in any of its many forms) | try blends with cacao nibs. |
| nuts | Genmaicha (which has a nutty taste) or teas blended with nuts. |
| sweet-tart citrus | citrus-flavored or blended teas, like Earl Grey, or blends with orange peel, lemon or blood orange. |
| stonefruits | teas with blended peach, apricot or plum. |
| berries | teas and tisanes blended with berries, like blueberry, raspberry or cherry. |
| exotic or tropical fruits | teas or tisanes with lychee, blood orange, pomegranate, goji berries or coconut. |
| fresh, green vegetables (like spinach, asparagus and bok choy) | Japanese steamed green teas, like Genmaicha, Sencha and Gyokuro. |
| grains (like whole wheat bread, oatmeal and rice) | Genmaicha. |
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