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Apricot Green

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Description

Green tea from China with the delicate flavors of apricots. Makes a light and refreshing drink that's popular both hot and iced. If you are new to green tea, this lightly flavored tea may be a good place to start.

Story

In Latin apricot means 'precious,' a label earned because it ripens earlier than most summer fruits. A relative of the peach, the apricot was originally found growing wild on the mountain slopes of China more than 4,000 years ago. Apricots progressively made their way through the Persian Empire to the Mediterranean where they were fondly adopted. Spanish explorers introduced the apricot to the New World, and they were planted in the gardens of Spanish missions all over California. The first recorded major production of apricots in America was in 1792 south of San Francisco.

Customer Reviews

 | Negative: 23
 | Neutral: 71
Positive: 643
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Jen A.
Feb 4th '12

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"Love this tea. The apricot flavor is perfect - not too strong, not too faint. It doesn't even need sweetening!"

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Olivia M.
Jan 28th '12

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"I love this tea because it's not too overpowering. I've never been a fan of green tea until i tried this-no grassy, earthy taste and is complimented well by the apricot flavor, apple pieces, and marigold flowers."
[ 3 mins @ 180°F ]

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Mark B.
Jan 24th '12

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"The apricot flavoring is just a little less natural than what I was expecting with this tea. It isn't bad, but it is just missing a little something."

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Julia B.
Jan 14th '12

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"I am not usually a huge fan of green tea, nor is my mother-in-law, but she liked this green tea. Nice fruit flavor and not too grassy. "

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Richard L.
Jan 5th '12

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"Apricot Green was one of my favorite varieties when I began to order teas from Adagio. I ran out often so I decided to order a larger quantity. However, they changed the blend and added what could be presumed to be chunks of dried apricot, which was never part of the previous blend. The flavor is not as good and it seems to me that all this accomplished was to add bulk and volume to the tea so that it ultimately costs more for less. I actually find that if I pick out all of the chunks, the flavor is more acceptable. But the change was a bad move, likely intended simply to increase profit. "

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Sarah W.
Dec 31st '11

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"Not as much flavor as I'd like. It's a very mellow tea with both the flavors of the tea and the apricot being very muted. A good blend all in all with neither flavor being more dominate than the other. Some people would love this tea but I like more bold tastes."
[ 5 mins @ 212°F ]

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