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This tea is a godsend during pregnancy. I usually drink this with a dash of ginger, and sometimes a pinch of Xylitol. It’s a very mild tea, somewhat minty, herbaceous, and with just a touch of underlying citrusy tartness. That description makes it sound much like the Lemon Verbena I recently reviewed, but here those flavors blend soothingly rather than clash. It’s not a tea I would choose purely for its taste, but since I could drink it when I had morning sickness bad enough that plain water turned my stomach, I give it a high score for fulfilling it’s intended purpose

I really love this tea. It has a smooth and creamy flavor that works well with the bitterness of black tea. It’s one of the rare black teas that I truly enjoy. This makes a truly excellent base for chai, and is great for blending as well.

This is the only brand of honeybush I’ve tried so far, but I really loved it. It’s woody and faintly sweet, with a very mild flavor and a beautiful red-brown color. I much prefer the honeybush I’ve had to the rooibos, as it completely lacks the smokey or medicinal taste that rooibos often has. I tend to use 2 tsp/cup to make the flavor the strength I like.

I’ve been looking for an herbal blueberry tea that didn’t have Hibiscus as the first ingredient, and this is the first one I’ve found. I really liked it. It’s a mild tea, but fruity and refreshing. A bit of sweetener (I used 1/8-1/4 tsp Xylitol), really brought out the flavor. It does have some Hibiscus, but it’s an amount that adds to the spectrum of flavors rather than making the tea overwhelmingly sour.

This was a pleasant, mild, and floral tea, with a faint hint of grassiness. It’s not entirely dissimilar to Chamomile tea. I’ve only had Chrysanthemum tea once before and it was several years ago, so I can’t really compare the flavors, but I enjoyed this. I’m wondering if the grassiness is part of the flavor of the flowers or if it’s because they are whole flowers, including part of the stem. I might experiment with that.

This is a very unique herbal tea. It tastes strongly of hibiscus and sour apple candy. The apple flavor is rather artificial, but I still enjoyed it. It’s also a good tea for blending, which makes the artificial flavor less prominent.

I bought this because I’ve heard it’s the lemon flavored herb with the strongest taste of lemon. I hoped this meant that it wouldn’t be as grassy tasting as lemongrass, but no such luck. It’s grassy and somewhat minty, with a slight lemon flavor. I felt like the flavors clashed, and didn’t enjoy it much, but give it a whirl if you like lemongrass

I ordered this because the Honeybush tea was out of stock. It’s not terrible, but it has more of the smokey, medicinal taste of Rooibos than I prefer. I probably won’t order it again.

I ordered this because I am currently pregnant, and its THE herb that is recommended to pregnant women. It has a mild, grassy taste somewhat like a milder green tea. It tastes like it would work well in blends, but I’ve yet to try that. I like getting herbs from Rose Mountain since they are cheap, good quality, and organic.

I have always loved the smell of Hazelnut coffee, but I can’t stand the taste of coffee. For a long time I hoped someone would make a Hazelnut cocoa, just so I could have something that smelled that good. Eventually I stumbled upon Adagio’s hazelnut honeybush tea, and it’s a dream come true. The flavors blend beautifully and it’s a delicious, although mild tea. I especially like it with some chai spices added in.