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This was supposed to be an apple berry tea but I couldn’t taste much apple. I looked at the ingredient list and, surprise surprise, it didn’t include any apple. Maybe they tried to add the apple flavor with the “natural flavors” at the end of the ingredient list.

The only berry that was on the ingredient list was rosehips.

There was nothing objectionable about the flavor but it really didn’t taste good either. I don’t know if I will be inspired to drink this tea again.

Flavors: Cinnamon, Ginger, Lemongrass, Rosehips

Preparation
Boiling 8 min or more 12 OZ / 354 ML
Kristal

Ugh, I hate when companies say a particular fruit is in the mix of a tea and its not. I’ve had “mango” teas that have had no mangoes or even mango flavouring at all!

ctjuggler

I agree! I like fruit tea flavored with the real fruit (and the same fruit it is named after).

Another thing I don’t like is when they put “natural flavors” on the ingredient list. What does that mean? Almost anything could fit into that category. We really have very little clue what that means. Is the natural flavor cinnamon flavor from cinnamon bark, tea flavor from a camellia sinensis leaf, lemon like flavor from lemongrass, lemon flavor from a real lemon or is it sugar flavor (from cane sugar). I would rather if they specified what natural flavors they put in the tea then we know what we are dealing with.

Kristal

I also agree about the natural flavors! Sometimes I do see “natural lemon flavor” or something like that, but most of the time, like you said, you have no idea what it means. And sometimes “natural” may not really be all that “natural”

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Kristal

Ugh, I hate when companies say a particular fruit is in the mix of a tea and its not. I’ve had “mango” teas that have had no mangoes or even mango flavouring at all!

ctjuggler

I agree! I like fruit tea flavored with the real fruit (and the same fruit it is named after).

Another thing I don’t like is when they put “natural flavors” on the ingredient list. What does that mean? Almost anything could fit into that category. We really have very little clue what that means. Is the natural flavor cinnamon flavor from cinnamon bark, tea flavor from a camellia sinensis leaf, lemon like flavor from lemongrass, lemon flavor from a real lemon or is it sugar flavor (from cane sugar). I would rather if they specified what natural flavors they put in the tea then we know what we are dealing with.

Kristal

I also agree about the natural flavors! Sometimes I do see “natural lemon flavor” or something like that, but most of the time, like you said, you have no idea what it means. And sometimes “natural” may not really be all that “natural”

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I just recently got into tea (fall of 2015).

I love trying many types of tea. So far I have tried many Black, Oolong, Green and White teas as well as Yerba Mate, Rooibos, Honey Bush, Chamomile, Mint and fruit teas. I have liked good teas in almost every category. I don’t go for overly bitter/astringent, tart, or sweet teas and I never add milk/cream, sugar or other sweeteners to my tea.

Even though I have many excellent teas I always want to try a new one just to see what it tastes like and if I like it even better than my current favorites. Eventually I will focus more on drinking my favorites rather than always trying a different type of tea.

Ratings:

85+ Excellent and I will definitely repurchase soon so I don’t run out.

75-84 Really good and I will probably buy it again.

65-74 Good and I might buy it again but on the other hand maybe I won’t repurchase.

50-64 OK and I might finish the box.

1-49 Really did not like it at all. I probably dumped out the rest of the cup for the teas on the lower end of this range.

I am only doing one review per tea. If I drink it multiple times and my opinion changes then I will go back and update my rating and tasting notes.

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