Description
A Bright, Spicy Organic Mate Blend for Active Days
Tatasse Balance Organic Yerba Mate, Ginger & Lemon Tea is an unusually complex loose-leaf blend designed for tea drinkers who enjoy fresh, invigorating flavours.
At its heart is a combination of Brazilian yerba mate, Chinese Sencha green tea and matcha. Together they create a distinctly vegetal tea base with the natural caffeine associated with mate and green tea.
But Balance goes considerably further than a conventional mate blend.
Ginger brings a warming spicy character while lemongrass and lemon oil provide a bright citrus note. Peppermint introduces a cooling freshness, while cinnamon adds gentle warmth and depth.
Turmeric, nettle leaves, goji berries and a small amount of cayenne complete a blend containing an impressive range of botanical ingredients.
The result is a cup that moves between fresh citrus, green vegetal notes, warm spice and cooling mint.
What Does Tatasse Balance Taste Like?
Expect a complex and lively flavour rather than a sweet or heavily flavoured tea.
The first impression is fresh and vegetal from the mate, Sencha and matcha. This develops into the warming character of ginger and cinnamon before lemongrass and lemon introduce a cleaner citrus note.
Peppermint keeps the blend refreshing, while turmeric and cayenne add subtle earthy and spicy depth.
Flavour profile:
- Vegetal
- Citrusy
- Ginger-spiced
- Lightly minty
- Warm
- Fresh
- Complex
It is particularly well suited to tea drinkers who enjoy mate, matcha, ginger tea and refreshing herbal blends.
Yerba Mate Meets Sencha & Matcha
What makes Balance especially interesting is its three-part tea base.
Brazilian Yerba Mate
Yerba mate provides the blend with its distinctive herbal and slightly earthy character. Mate naturally contains caffeine and has traditionally been enjoyed throughout South America.
Sencha Green Tea
Chinese Sencha contributes a lighter, cleaner green-tea flavour that balances the stronger character of the mate.
Matcha
Matcha adds additional green-tea depth and gives the blend a more rounded vegetal character.
Together, the three create a tea that works especially well as a morning or early-afternoon alternative to conventional black tea or coffee.
Ginger, Lemon & Warming Spices
The green tea and mate base is complemented by a surprisingly broad selection of botanicals.
Ginger gives Balance its warming kick, while lemongrass and lemon oil add bright citrus freshness.
Cinnamon provides warmth without turning the blend into a traditional chai. Peppermint introduces a refreshing finish, while turmeric and cayenne bring subtle earthy and spicy nuances.
Goji berries and nettle leaves complete this unusually varied organic blend.
Enjoy It Hot or Experiment With Iced Tea
Balance makes an excellent hot tea, particularly in the morning or during the first half of the afternoon.
Its combination of lemon, lemongrass, ginger and mint also makes it an interesting candidate for iced tea.
For a refreshing iced version, prepare the tea slightly stronger than normal, allow it to cool and serve over plenty of ice. Add fresh lemon or lime slices if desired.
A small amount of honey can also soften the ginger and mate notes.
Preparation
Leaf & Spice suggested preparation:
- Tea: approximately 2–3 g
- Water: 250 ml
- Water temperature: approximately 80–90°C
- Infusion time: approximately 4–6 minutes
Adjust the quantity or brewing time according to your preferred strength.
Because the blend contains mate, Sencha and matcha, avoid excessively long steeping if you prefer a smoother and less bitter cup.
Ingredients
Organic Sencha green tea (China), organic ginger, organic nettle leaves, organic mate (Brazil), organic lemongrass, organic cinnamon, organic lemon oil, organic peppermint leaves, organic Matcha green tea (China), organic turmeric, organic goji berries, organic cayenne pepper, mint oil.
Ingredients marked as organic originate from controlled organic agriculture.
