Tulsi Moringa

A sipdown! (M: 3, Y: 3)
Received from derk many, many months ago. And for some reason I was postponing drinking it down. Why? It is a tea bag, so no fuzz, it is a herbal, moringa is something I don’t mind.

Yet today was the time to finish it. As I am still not feeling great, I decided for some simple herbal. It should be also a stress relieving, which I don’t need now (I am surprisingly not overthinking things). Also, I finished topics for my finals (which are in a month) today!

Reading of promised heatlh benefits, those two sounds good for me right now: antioxidants and immune-supporting.

But to the tea (without expecting any health effects): It is mild, broth like, little earthy, vegetal tea. Little citrusy. Strong thick liquor.

Neglected for no reason! Well, at least it is sipdown in 2023.

A good while back I had snagged a bag from my aunt’s tea drawer. I was so impressed with it that when I saw it was on sale, I bought a box.

For the past few weeks, I’ve been brewing a cup as soon as I roll out of bed. Let it steep and cool to room temperature while I take a shower or make breakfast. This batch seems more lemongrass heavy than the lone bag I’d tried before. While I’m not a big fan of lemongrass, it’s fresh and balanced so well with the nutritious-vegetal-earthy quality of the moringa and the clove-basil-licorice notes of the tulsi that I can’t help but chug it. Hints of pepper and a roasty tone give more depth.

Full-flavored, complex, brothy-juicy. The taste is saturated yellowish green and brownish purple. Sounds weird, doesn’t it? The invigorating and grounding character makes me crave it as my first morning cup.