Hello, old friend, haven’t had you in years.
I visited the in laws this weekend (they are a 2.5-3h drive from us, and live right on a lake in a quaint little town of about 3k people). Perfect time for catching up, drinking tea, reading books, taking walks, and taking naps. Would have done more outdoorsy things but it SNOWED this weekend. Yes it is May 15th. Welcome to Northwestern Ontario ;).
My mother-in law and I were discussing tea and what our preferences are. She gave me a bit of Mango Tumeric which I like (she can’t handle tumeric) and she was looking through teas in her back room. She asked if I has this one (I replied, no, this one was discontinued 3-4 years ago) she said she hasn’t been drinking it often and gave me what came out to 1.5 tins worth. This tea was an absolute favourite of mine when I started drinking tea 4 years ago and was really disheartened when they discontinued it. So i was excited to have it, yet concerned about rancidity.
After brewing it up and drinking a full cup I was still pretty impressed with this tea. I do believe the honeybush and lemongrass were a bit stale as the taste was mostly stevia (although not cloyingly sweet) with whatever flavourings they put in it (ginger has always been mild with this tea, which I appreciate). What I do notice is that my tastes have changed because I don’t think the stevia was necessary (I’m just glad it wasn’t strong!) and I was waiting for the more woody taste of the honeybush and more lemony tastes from the lemongrass and myrtle. So with that being said I dropped my rating from 95 to 85.
Either way, this tea is still an old friend and I’ll have no troubles using it up. Now that I have a full ingredients list for this blend, I plan on making my own honeybush lemon ginger blend my own way.
Flavors: Ginger, Sweet
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old tatsing note from 4 years ago: One of my favourite teas. I even ended up buying a 250 gram bag online from DAVIDs! It tastes nice and from what I hear the ingredients are supposed to be healthy. This is the tea I drink all day when I want something “plainer” (in comparison to say, a juice tea)but without caffeine.
Nice snag!
Wow, what a wonderful way for this tea to find its way back to you :)
Indeed! :)
old tatsing note from 4 years ago: One of my favourite teas. I even ended up buying a 250 gram bag online from DAVIDs! It tastes nice and from what I hear the ingredients are supposed to be healthy. This is the tea I drink all day when I want something “plainer” (in comparison to say, a juice tea)but without caffeine.
Nice snag!
Wow, what a wonderful way for this tea to find its way back to you :)
Indeed! :)