Mountain Rose Herbs

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This came from the tea box, and the brand name isn’t on the package, but it looks like it’s sold by a lot of different tea shops, so I picked one to post this review under. The flavor is mostly sage, so it’s quite savory. It has a lot of health ingredients, but they don’t really show up in the flavor. It’s almost like steeping straight sage.

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drank Kukicha by Mountain Rose Herbs
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A super cute tea shop opened downtown so for my birthday I went with a friend. I figured out right away that they source their teas from Mountain Rose Herbs aside from a few hand-blended apothecary blends. This is the tea I went with and I almost want to say the water to tea ratio was wrong. As it was a bit watery but they steeped it at the proper temperature. I also think that I just prefer the Kukicha from Jasmine Pearl. They offered different cup sizes and I opted for the 16oz perhaps the trick is to go for the 8 or 12oz next time to get a stronger brew. It’s crazy to think our suburb town went from 0 tea shops to 2 during Covid. I still need to try the one that opened in the local mall.

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 16 OZ / 473 ML
Tiffany :)

Aw, I miss Jasmine Pearl, Tea Cha Te, and I’m forgetting where else I went to fall of 2018 (or 2019?) when I went to Portland on vacation.

Mastress Alita

My friend and I practically live in Tea Chai Te when we go on a Portland vacation.

Lexie Aleah

I still haven’t been to Tea Chai are but I definitely want to. I’m still bummed that Townshend’s Tea Closed. Maybe that was another you visited? Or The Tao Of Tea?

tea-sipper

YEAH for two tea shops opening during covid!

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April Sipdown Alphabet Challenge: “Q” Tea
So I added a little too much milk to this one but it’s just a minty chamomile herbal tea. I like that there are some good herbs in this one like raspberry leaf and skullcap though. This was my only Q tea and it’s actually a family member’s herbal tea technically that they had forgotten about. I would assume based on the name that it’s a sleepytime type tea.

Flavors: Chamomile, Herbaceous, Medicinal, Mint

Preparation
Boiling 7 min, 0 sec 3 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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drank Houjicha by Mountain Rose Herbs
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Making sure this wasn’t still in my cupboard(sipdown), I realized I hadn’t written a note yet. I don’t trust my flavor notes on this tea anyway, since it was from an ANCIENT teabox and in a flimsy sandwich bag. Just wanted to finish it, while also utilizing some vanilla creamer in the fridge. It’s good with creamer! Though probably not fresh enough to comment on anything else. i’m sure it was a good houjicha when it was fresh though!
2020 Sipdowns: 88

Mastress Alita

I like the taste of houjicha paired with vanilla or chocolate!

Dustin

Lupicia has a cinnamon and apricot flavored hojicha that I like called Hatsune. I wish there were more flavored hojichas out there.

tea-sipper

Yes! Houjicha is a very underutilized base for flavoring.

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The leaves have a baked, nutty and woody smell that comes through into the brewed cup. It’s fairly tannic, with a bittersweet chocolate and muscatel finish and moderate level of astringency. This doesn’t taste like first flush Darjeeling.

Not sure what I think of it. It’s quite different from the kind of Darjeeling I’d pick out when reading tasting notes and smelling dry leaves before buying.

Flavors: Chocolate, Herbs, Muscatel, Nuts, Toasty, Wood

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drank Vanilla Rooibos by Mountain Rose Herbs
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It’s been a while since anybody has left a review for this tisane! Seems like Mountain Rose Herbs has updated the game with some fair trade, kosher and organic certifications. Added some elderflowers to the mix, too.

Picked this up from the local co-op. I rarely drink rooibos but I do get a hankering a few times per year. 1 tsp to 8oz with boiling water is perfect for one glass. This tisane is pretty good, not too rooibos-y. Soft on the vanilla and smells and tastes like a cross between vanilla pipe tobacco and apple hookah tobacco. Thirst-quenching. Not much more to say. I’ll probably restock a small amount of this once per year.

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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I drink this mainly for balancing hormones and my Skin. Raspberry Leaf is a really great herb for women. I actually like the taste of this herbal tea quite a bit as well. It’s even better with a little milk and honey. Mountain Rose Herbs buying it in bulk is the cheapest I’ve found it. Occasionally I do also buy the Traditional Medicinal boxed tea bags of it though.

Flavors: Astringent, Earth, Herbaceous, Tannic

Preparation
Boiling 7 min, 0 sec 3 tsp 10 OZ / 295 ML

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I tried this before w/ 2 1/2 heaping tsp and found it bland. This time I used 4 heaping tsp and think it’s much better. I added milk and honey. I mostly taste the chai spice and not the rooibos. I think the ginger dominates.

Flavors: Cinnamon, Cloves, Ginger

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec 16 g 16 OZ / 473 ML

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First time trying this tea, and it turned out pretty bitter. Second steep was better – 175 for 3 min. Try lower temp 175 and 4 g next time.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 3 min, 0 sec 6 g 16 OZ / 473 ML

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The flavor of the tea is similar to a soup broth that tastes of seaweed and popcorn. The rice adds a hot breakfast cereal flavor to the tea that adds depth to its body. It has a vegetal flavor but it’s very light and feels clean.

A short brew time keeps the flavor light in crisp and a longer time brings out the astringency. This tea has a very distinct style. It’s very interesting to notice that there’s rice brewing alongside of my tea leaves. I find the idea very novel. I tried adding a splash of cream to a cup and it only became more interesting. This peaceful and inspiring tea would brighten up any sunny winter breakfast.

Flavors: Broth, Fishy, Malt, Popcorn, Seaweed, Vegetables

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 3 min, 0 sec 5 g 4 OZ / 133 ML

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So this is definitely the best tasting of the medicine teas, which explains why I ended up drinking it the most. I can’t tell that it’s had much effect on my cold, but it’s not really marketed as cold tea, more like just a general immune boost when you’re feeling run down. At least it’s been an easy way to get down hot fluids.

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So I wouldn’t say this tastes good, but it doesn’t taste bad. For a medicinal / health tea, it’s not hard to get down, and supposedly it’s great as an overall immune system boost. I just wouldn’t drink it recreationally.

Since I’m not sick at the moment, though, and just drank it to try the flavor, I can’t really tell whether it’s health benefits are as amazing as claimed.

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Had this at a friend’s house. I think I will always want my vanilla teas to be more vanilla, and this was no exception, but the vanilla was present and the base was pretty decent. I’ve been pretty leery of Mountain Rose’s bases after I got a green tea from them that was so powerfully astringent it made my stomach hurt. But this base was not astringent at all, so that was a nice discovery.

Fjellrev

I always want them to be more vanilla too haha.

TastetheTea

Agree. I always want more vanilla. Currently drinking a home made London Fog but I only had a little vanilla essence left D:

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Sipdown. This was a pleasant herbal, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to get it again. It wasn’t really all that lemony, despite having tons of lemon ingredients (weird).

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This is nice, but I’m surprised the other reviewers found it so lemony (though looking at all the lemony ingredients that are listed, it certainly should be). All I can think of is that lemon balm often varies in how lemony or minty it tastes, and this must be a particularly minty batch. Because mint is the strongest note here. I taste lemon, but it’s just back-up to the mint.

I’m only disappointed because I was looking forward to a super-strong lemon tea. In and of itself, the flavors are good.

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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