Ginger Honey Plus Zinc

I love ginger! It’s a little to strong to drink it straight, but I love it as a dominant flavor in spiced teas, I love it in fruity blends, and I love it in food! But it’s rare for me to find a tea that highlights the ginger flavor without being a little overwhelmingly spicy and harsh. This tea is perfect in that regard. The ginger is front and center, but the honey and fennel balance out the ginger really well, adding depth and sweetness. I didn’t notice that it had rooibos in it until I looked at the ingredients today, but I don’t taste that in the blend at all. I am happy to drink this straight, and it is also great with heavy cream. It’s a nice one to tuck into my purse as a going out tea. It’s also great that all the ingredients are safe for pregnancy and helpful for heartburn, which feels a little counterintuitive because spicy flavors usually make heartburn much worse. My one complaint is that unless you can find it in a store, it is only available on from their website if you buy 6 boxes at once, which is a lot of one flavor of tea. I think individual boxes are available on Amazon and such, but at a much higher price than in stores. I would buy more Bigelow tea if their website made single boxes more available.

After learning my lesson about free tea left in the breakroom at work from the stinky feet Cinnamon Horchata tea (which I finally managed to finish), I only grabbed one bag of this instead of the whole box. So glad I did. The ginger is waaaaaaaaaay too spicy for me, making it one of the few cups that was simply undrinkable for me. And the flavor just tasted like one of those medicinal honey cough drops. Bleh.