Sunny Gelato Green Tea

A refreshing blend of Yunnan green tea and Pai Mu Tan white tea with mango, pineapple, and yellow rosebuds—fruity, delicate, and softly creamy, like a cool treat on a sunny afternoon.

The Experience

Sunny Gelato Green Tea brings green and white tea together in a bright, fruit-forward blend inspired by the refreshing pleasure of gelato on a warm day. Yunnan green tea provides fresh tea character and gentle structure, while Pai Mu Tan white tea adds a softer, more delicate dimension. Mango and pineapple bring juicy tropical fruit, and whole yellow rosebuds add an elegant floral accent.

The finished cup is fresh, fruity, lightly floral, and medium-bodied, with a subtle creamy impression that inspired the name Sunny Gelato. Despite the name, there is no dairy or cream listed in the ingredients. The gelato reference describes the tea's sensory inspiration rather than an ingredient.

Tasting Notes

Top: Mango • Pineapple • Tropical fruit
Mid: Fresh green tea • Delicate white tea • Rose
Finish: Soft • Gently creamy • Refreshing
Body: Medium

Why You’ll Love It

• An unusual blend of green and white teas
• Yunnan green tea provides freshness and structure
• Pai Mu Tan adds a softer, delicate tea character
• Real mango and pineapple create tropical fruitiness
• Yellow rosebuds add floral beauty and aroma
• Gently creamy-tasting without dairy or cream listed
• Delicious both hot and iced

Tea & Ingredients

Tea Type: Green & White Tea Blend
Green Tea: Yunnan green tea
White Tea: Pai Mu Tan
Ingredients: Yunnan green tea, Pai Mu Tan white tea, mango, pineapple, yellow rosebuds
Flavor Profile: Tropical Fruit • Fresh Tea • Floral • Soft Creaminess
Caffeine: Caffeinated
Body: Medium
Classification: Flavored

How to Brew

Use 1 level teaspoon per 6 oz / 177 ml of water at 176–194°F / 80–90°C. Steep for 2–3 minutes.

For your first cup, start toward the lower end of the temperature range to preserve the more delicate character of the Pai Mu Tan while allowing the fruit and green tea to develop. Sunny Gelato is particularly enjoyable served over ice, when its mango, pineapple, and refreshing tea character fit the inspiration behind its name beautifully.

Perfect For

Sunny Gelato is especially suited to fruit-tea lovers, green and white tea drinkers, warm-weather sipping, garden gatherings, afternoon tea, or anyone looking for a tropical tea that remains distinctly tea-forward. Pair it with fresh fruit, macarons, shortbread, vanilla cake, coconut desserts, fruit tarts, or other lightly sweet pastries.

Two Teas in One Blend

Sunny Gelato isn't simply flavored green tea. Its foundation combines Yunnan green tea with Pai Mu Tan white tea, bringing together two differently styled teas in the same cup. The green tea contributes more structure and fresh vegetal character. Pai Mu Tan provides a softer and more delicate counterpoint.

This is why the underlying tea remains noticeable even alongside mango, pineapple, and rose. The tea leaves dominate the overall taste, including delicate and slightly bitter notes. Sunny Gelato is therefore best understood as a fruit-accented tea blend rather than a fruit infusion where the tea disappears beneath the flavor.

What Is Pai Mu Tan?

Pai Mu Tan, also commonly written Bai Mu Dan, is a style of Chinese white tea whose name is often translated as “White Peony.” White tea is processed differently from green tea and is generally associated with a softer, more delicate expression of the tea leaf.

In Sunny Gelato, Pai Mu Tan creates contrast with the Yunnan green tea and contributes to the blend's light, layered character. Look at the dry tea before brewing and you can often distinguish the different leaf styles among the mango, pineapple, and yellow rosebuds—part of what makes this blend visually distinctive.

Sunny Gelato vs. Starfruit Green Tea

Both are refreshing tropical teas, but their foundations create different experiences.

Sunny Gelato Green Tea (This Tea)
Mango • Pineapple • Rose • Soft & Creamy
→ Best for: tropical fruit with a more delicate green-and-white-tea foundation

Starfruit Green Tea
Mango • Pineapple • Citrus • Bright
→ Best for: a brighter tropical green tea with more citrus lift

Sunny Gelato feels softer, more floral, and more layered, while Starfruit Green leans toward bright, lively tropical refreshment.

Packaging: Our loose teas are sold by the ounce and packaged in food-grade resealable bags.

Explore Green & White Tea Together

Start with Sunny Gelato and pay attention to the tea beneath the tropical fruit. Look for the fresher structure of Yunnan green tea alongside the softer Pai Mu Tan white tea.

Then compare it with Starfruit Green Tea to experience a purely green-tea tropical blend, or taste Pai Mu Tan on its own to better recognize what white tea contributes.

Sunny Gelato shows how blending different tea categories can create complexity before fruit or flowers even enter the picture.