Adagio Teas Coconut Green Tea Review
With green tea being renowned worldwide as one of the most healthy drinks that you could make a part of your daily routine, and with the knowledge that chocolate generally has a bad name for being a guilty indulgence and generally Not Good For You, this Cocomint Green Tea from Adagio Teas might sound like a rather odd combination. Healthy, weight loss inducing green tea? With fattening, delicious chocolate included? Seriously?!
In actual fact, this is a really great green tea that will satisfy your chocolate cravings without adding on the pounds, while at the same time giving you the healthful burst of antioxidant properties that only a good cup of green tea can provide.
Green tea enjoys an increasingly widespread reputation as a great source of beneficial catechins, which help to boost your body's immune system and flush out toxins from the digestive system. Green tea leaves are rich in EGCG, which is highly recommended for keeping your body healthy and your energy levels high. It regulates blood sugar levels, controlling your cravings for sugary food, and increases the body's metabolism as well as working to block absorption of fat into tissue. That means it's a good choice of drink to make part of your daily diet if you want to get your weight under control! The powerful antioxidants in green tea also help to fight free readicals in the body – the less than friendly molecules that cause symptoms of aging such as wrinkles and vision problems.
While it's not a miracle cure drink, green tea is generally accepted as being good for you. It has a fresh, vegetal taste that lets you know you're drinking a completely natural and healthful product. But what about those moments when you'd really just love a chocolate fix? This tea from Adagio Teas provides the answer, in a blend that mixes quality fresh green tea leaves from China with delicious flavors of mint and chocolate. The tea company describes it as “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."
And indeed, this would be a great one to try if you've never had green tea before, or if you've tried a pure version and been somewhat put off or unimpressed by the distinct “grassy” taste sometimes associated with green tea. The green tea flavor in the Cocomint Green Tea is extremely light – no overpowering vegetal tastes at all, but simply a subtle, fresh green tea aroma and flavor. The main body of flavor in this tea is not from the tea leaves, but from the chocolate – a nice, strong chocolatey flavor with an aroma that will satisfy the the inner chocolate lover in anyone.
Chocolate teas made with black tea can often be disappointing, since the strong black tea flavor can clash unpleasantly with the strong chocolate flavor, or just simply hide it. The green tea in this version, however, is an excellent choice that complements the chocolate flavor perfectly just by being subtle and lightly fragrant. A perfect choice for chocolate lovers everywhere!
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