1.25tsp for 300mL water @100C, steeped eight minutes.

Cola nut dominates the taste and scent of this pretty stimulant tisane. Next layer of flavour is guarana, cinnamon, and apple. I didn’t taste the yerba mate at all … but I can feel it, that and the guarana. A slow build to a potent energy boost. The honeybush and apple make a lovely combination that rounds out and balances the entire blend. Still, a strong scent of cola nut remains, even in another room where I had first steeped the tisane. So if you don’t like cola, this tisane likely won’t work for you. As for me, I like it far more than I expected to.

A pleasant stimulant tisane that has good depth of flavour — not always a given with tisanes — and delivers on the promise of an energy boost.

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