Twinings Mango and Strawberry, 20 Tea Bags 50g

Twinings Mango and Strawberry, in brief.

Twinings Mango and Strawberry is a caffeine-free fruit infusion built on a hibiscus, rosehip and apple base with mango pieces, strawberry pieces and natural fruit flavourings, picked into the teas.co.uk curator selection as the tropical-fruit alternative to a sharper berry or citrus herbal cup. In the cup: soft mango up front, a sweet strawberry middle and a clean fruit finish that drinks well hot or iced over a summer afternoon.

The hibiscus, rosehip and apple do the structural work, giving the liquor its rosy-amber colour and a gentle natural tartness, while the mango and strawberry sit on top as the lead fruit notes. The mango is the louder voice, soft and tropical rather than syrupy, with the strawberry rounding the cup underneath. Twinings have built the recipe so the cup reads as a proper fruit infusion rather than a fruit cordial dressed up in a teabag, and the pyramid format gives the fruit pieces room to open properly during the brew.

Caffeine status: caffeine free by nature, so any hour works, even late at night. Taste profile: soft tropical mango up front balanced by a sweet strawberry middle and a clean fruit finish. What it is: a Twinings all-natural fruit infusion designed for hot or iced brewing, in the same family as the Pukka Three Berry and the Twinings Raspberry and Lemon.

Curator notes: we wrote the Mango and Strawberry profile ourselves, comparing the current box with Twinings' spec sheet and brewing it as directed to check. For storing the Mango and Strawberry, how fresh it stays and what water heat to use, see the Q and A tab.