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Preparation: 8 Oz boiling water one tea bag steeped for 15 minutes.
A cup of one of my faves. Yum! Just bought some more of this today and had to make a cup immediately of it. Very rich as always. No additions.

Had another two cups of this today. The first one was mostly toasty tasting with very little cherry cough syrup flavor.

The resteeping was less flavorful but had more cherry flavor.

Today’s cup of this was fantastic. This tea has been pretty hit or miss recently.

Love this tea and drink it even when I’m not sick. Instead of sweetening with honey tonight I used Stevia which paired just as nicely. I really seem to enjoy the taste of Eucalyptus in this blend. I’ll have to look for some other teas that contain it.
For this cup I doubled the leaf amount as usual. I like this tea extra strong.

This tea is over a year old at least. The bag is still full since I avoided it after trying it the first time. I decided that it was time to try it again. The tea smells just as strong as when it was purchased aka first opened. I imagine it has aged slightly though.

Prep: brewed for 4 minutes using 1/2 Perfect spoon uncovered using boiling water. I added a tiny bit of agave after I brewed it up as well.

Taste Wise: The flavor is pretty light but not pleasant. Each sip is filled with an unpleasant artificial cherry cough syrup flavor.(aka the aftertaste of Benadryl) You also get a very strange unpleasant sencha flavor that is slightly bitter. Then comes the toasty-ness reminding you of genmaicha. These flavors do not work together at all. Genmaicha with a medicinal cherry cough syrup Bleh. The more you sip on this cup the more you get used to it.
I think the agave helped smooth out the cherry a bit and counteract the bitterness for the most part. Honey would have ruined it and made the cherry even more medicinal tasting.

*Note to self only sweeten this tea with agave.

Thank You Tea-Sipper! for this sample package of this tea.
Dry Leaf: The tea smells like cola initially with some spices.
Brewing: 2 TSP of leaf using just boiled water steeped for 3 1/2 minutes covered.
Added a tsp of agave and tiny bit of almond milk as recommended.

The milk made this tea very creamy. Flavor wise it’s like a mild chai with the additional milk and sweetener it reminds me of the traditional creamy masala chai that is served in indian restaurants. The spices come through in each sip, but I’m also getting a pop of something that tastes like cola. It’s a nice surprise. I’m not sure where it’s coming from though. I can’t detect any pumpkin flavor though. It’s quite different from any other pumpkin tea I’ve ever had in a good way. I can sort of see how the spices and creaminess might make you think of pumpkin pie. Agave really brings out any sort of soda aspect a tea has.

This cup was better than my first cup of this tea. This is a decent cup of Rooibos tea. I just tend to prefer Honey bush teas. I steeped this at a lower temperature and for less time than before. Bumped up the rating a bit too. I’ve realized that this tea is best with a hint of sweetener but without milk added. As even the tiniest bit of milk tends to overpower certain aspects of it.

Unfortunately I didn’t really pay much attention while drinking this tea flavor note wise. One of my family members was admitted to the hospital today and I was getting filled in. Since I volunteered to dog sit. This tea came from my grandfather(the one in the hospital currently) it was very fitting to drink this now. He got bought one serving size of this unprepared for me while at a coffee shop. Even though he doesn’t pay attention to flavors I like(there are a lot of them) and picked this at random. It was a great choice and very thoughtful.

Inspecting the tea: I thought this would be loose leaf since the sachet looks just like the David’s Tea samples you get. So much to my surprise I opened it up to find a silken loose leaf tea filled sachet. I was struggling to find a clean tea strainer so this was quite convenient. I brewed it as directed for 3 minutes at 190 F. The dry tea sachet smells very floral and fresh.

Tasting: This is the best Jasmine tea I’ve ever had. It’s very sweet and floral but fresh as well. In my opinion It’s not exactly perfume-y like so many Jasmine teas are. There are sweet vegetal notes and sweet fresh floral notes. I really unfortunately didn’t pay much attention but it was an amazing cup. I need to add this to my buy more of list.

Prep: sample packet using about 7 oz of boiling water. Covered and steeped for 8+ minutes.
Wanted something comforting to drink and reached for my new sample of this tea. I added some stevia to it to make it sweeter and the stevia brought the flavors to a whole new level. (note to self with a tiny bit of stevia this tea is a 100.) I don’t hate stevia, I just find that it is often added to blends that don’t need it and only works well in some teas like this one and peppermint for example.
I’m really wishing that I had ordered some of this when David’s Tea had their free shipping on all orders promo recently.

Sipdown~
Sipped on a cup of this while watching the Chasing Coral documentary on Netflix that was very interesting although it had me tearing up.
I have a hard time tolerating lemon in herbal tea blends. This blend has lemon essential oil in it which might be why I tolerate it better. (I usually avoid lemongrass and lemon balm.)
Tasting Note:
This time this tea tasted quite different. The lemon was strong and the licorice root, fennel, and other ingredients weren’t detectable except for the sweetness. Brewed up this smells just like Lemon Loaf from a coffee shop. The taste is similar as well but without the icing. The other herbs pair well with the lemon adding sweetness. Compared to the last cup I had of this the lemon and the licorice have switched places. I am curious how this would compare to that Twinnings lemon dessert tea that I’ve seen people talking about on here so much.