Mastress Alita’s sipdown challenge Sunday, December 12th: Universal Health Coverage Day Tea #1
I haven’t had this from my Maya Tea order yet… and it’s one of the only “Health” teas I have. So why not try it today? From the scent alone, I can tell this is a “health” tea rather than a tasty tea. Very fine and crumbled ingredients and smells very medicinal. The ingredients: Alfalfa Leaf, Astralagus, Licorice Root, Organic Echinacea, Tulsi Leaf. The flavor is about as good as an immunity tea would taste like. A bit of spicy and sweet, but mostly like licorice so I don’t love it… I’m not sure how much it would boost immunity, but it can’t hurt. The second steep is sweeter, not too bad flavored, better than I expected.
Steep #1 // 1 teaspoon // 24 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 // just boiled // 3 min
I remember one of the first teas I ever tried in my tea journey was a health tea for menstrual cramps, and the base was alfalfa leaf. It was so foul I couldn’t even handle the smell! I remember thinking, “Cows deserve better than this” and ended up tossing it.
Poor cows. haha