Many thanks to Shelley_Lorraine for thoughtfully including a surprise sample of this. I was so excited to try it! Alas, it does not stand up against the other bedtime teas I have been trying. The problem might be as simple as “too much hibiscus”.
The dry leaves smell very strongly like a haystack… hayfield? I don’t know, I’m a city girl, but the point is it smells like a farm. My partner literally recoiled when I made him smell this.
I brewed according to directions. This brews up a lovely, vivid red color, like strawberry wine. It smells much better brewed than dry. No more hay smell. Except now it smells too sweet, almost medicinal. The flavor is just all hibiscus. The hibiscus overwhelms everything except for a slight aftertaste of valerian. This tea is just not doing it for me right now. It might be worth trying again with a substantially shorter brew time, or blended with a rooibos base. Frankly, since there are so very many other teas to try, I don’t think it’s likely that I will be giving this one another shot.
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really, hibiscus? All I could pick up was the ginger! Guess we are all most sensitive to the flavors we like the least. Well no matter. I would’ve thrown it away anyway if I didn’t give it to you.
Interesting that we tasted such different things. Glad it wasn’t precious, at least!
really, hibiscus? All I could pick up was the ginger! Guess we are all most sensitive to the flavors we like the least. Well no matter. I would’ve thrown it away anyway if I didn’t give it to you.
Interesting that we tasted such different things. Glad it wasn’t precious, at least!