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It smells like houjicha. So I thought, well it must taste like it. No, it doesn’t. It isn’t the worst tea, but I couldn’t drink the rest of my cup. I went by brewing guidelines via Den’s Tea for kukicha. His instructions were brew for 30 seconds with boiling water with 2 rounded tsp for 8 oz. If this brewed longer, I don’t think I would like it. It’s roasted barley like and not tasty. I do like green kukicha, just not this stuff.
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Honeybush is a flavor that is hard for me to pin down, but I like it. Tonight it reminds me a bit of unsweet cinnamon apples. I’d get up and stir in a little maple syrup, but then I’d have to move the laptop and the snoozing cat. He snuffles instead of snores.
From my teapot friend. Straight up tonight; no additives. It’s rooibos’ perkier, slightly sharper cousin. (Rooibos is a sleepy granny cat; honeybush is a kitten chasing its own tail?) I’m exhausted this evening, but at least my tastebuds are peppy now.
First time I’ve ever consciously tasted “not rooibos” in order to compare the two. Really nice…there’s something just a touch sharper in the taste profile than rooibos; enough so that my husband mentioned a similarity to Red Zinger minus the tartness. Better still—it was inexpensive; our local health food place has bulk-by-the-ounce so it’s doesn’t cost much to experiment!
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VERY BERRY? Yet it has Chicory, Lemon, and Hibiscus. No actual berries? Well, the dreaded hibiscus…here goes!
Oddly enough this isn’t overly hibiscus. Interesting. I mean, it’s noticeable but not overly tarty. I think I should thank the Chicory for this feat. It’s more smooth than I thought it would be. This isn’t too bad…
My local Herb store has a bunch of new Bulk loose leaf teas from Frontier Co-Op so I bought just a few. Thought I would try a little bit before sending to LiberTEAs.
This is pretty straight forward Assam…a good go-to…or stand-by. Brew dark and bold. Great for mornings!
Blueberry goodness! This tea is very interesting. This was my first experience with the twig tea. I can’t believe how much of that tea plant is usable! The blueberry isn’t overwhelming. I got 3 brews from this. I don’t think I would buy this again, but I am interested in having the green kukicha by itself. I agree, the blueberry comes off artificial. I don’t know if the flavoring was.
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I had this with some sweet and sour faux chicken. The jury is still out, but I’m warming up to it a bit. :) The flavor does seem to change a lot as it cools.
How’d you steep it? I tried it a couple different ways and they all wound up with odd burnt or urine tastes. I have some left and it needs to go quickly. (-_-;)
This is pretty good. Mostly Cranberry with a hint of Orange and the black tea is strong, too. With all the Matcha I had this afternoon I thought I would pair it with a few energy bars! LOL
WOWZA! I’m going to be bouncing off the walls!
I think my sample was exposed to too much air and light (which was all my fault) because I wasn’t that impressed. I didn’t get much of an aroma off the tea, nor did it have a strong flavor for me. Someday I’ll try it again with a fresher batch, and I’m fairly confident I’ll like it more.
Another sample I’ve come to the end of. My last cup was quite murky and slightly bitter from all the tiny broken bits and leaf dust that were at the bottom of the package. It’s not that bad (even though it looked like I was drinking literal swamp water). Many of the dried blueberries had also collected at the bottom of the bag and I fished several of them out after I was done steeping and ate them. :D
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Noticeably less sweet when I reduce the steeping time. It doesn’t seem to get rid of the murky colour though so I guess that’s just a product of kukicha tea.
I’ve also noticed that my tea seems to foam slightly when I add the water – maybe it’s rabid. ;)
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I’ve never had kukicha tea before – from what I gather it’s made from the stems and twigs of green tea, rather than the leaves.
The tea has quite a sweet flavour, though I’m not sure if this is due to the blueberry flavouring or the kukicha itself which is supposed to be sweeter than its leaf counterparts. The blueberry is fruity and natural-tasting, which I’m always in favour of. There’s also none of the bitterness or mouth-drying astringency that you get with many types of green teas; this is quite sweet and smooth. It doesn’t taste overly vegetale either, having more of a fuller, richer taste.
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I know I drank this one before and have no idea why it shows I haven’t logged it…oh well…I only had enough for a large cup of this tonight and now I am out…but…here’s a quick review…it steeps really really really dark for an oolong…almost like a medium black. It smells like a fruity blossom…maybe apple or crab apple??? A little woodsy but not much. I’m not smelling a nutty-ness to it tho.
It tastes sweet and juicy and floral and woodsy. I can pick up on the almond a very little bit…but I am still thinking apple blossom more than anything. It’s pretty decent.
As it cools pick up on the almond a bit more. Num.
Preparation
The preparer infused 1 cup of this loose leaf herb in a mason jar for at least 15 minutes.
It was light brown in color and had ‘floaties’. There was a slight ‘woodsy’ smell and the taste was a cross between pepper, wood, and fennel like flavors to the tongue.
One thing I did notice…the aftermath…DRY MOUTH. BAD Dry Mouth.
LOL @ Rabs
Morgana – Here’s a link for some info with an artist pic
http://health.howstuffworks.com/red-clover-herbal-remedies.htm