So it’s been a long time since I’ve had any juicelike tea in the house. Most herbal fruity tisanes started to taste too much like plain ol’ juice and I wasn’t liking it. but then I remembered this one… which I had way back in the beginning. I loved it!! and now that I have it again, I still do. Despite the hibiscus. but only with honey or agave added. I know I know… it’s already a fruit drink. I have diabetes in the family, I need to watch my sugar! but the hibiscus makes it so sour… I almost feel like it’s a rasperry lemonade! with some honey, the sourness is kicked away just enough that I swoon :P
The lemon tastes so real. I guess the candied lemon aspect mixed with hibiscus really does the trick huh.
Next time, I might add some mint. and if I can remember, I’ll pick out a few of the hibiscus leaves.
The calcium carbonate can’t hurt either. It’ll help settle my tummy and boost my calcium intake. Yay for that!
Now, it’s against my nature to give a “juice” tea a high score. So let me just say that my ceiling here is 90. That makes my 85 pretty darn high, considering!
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Memo to self, don’t share juice teas. Got it! ;)
well if it’s a light juice augmented with other flavours it’s different, ya know what I mean? I usually drink my juice cut 50% with water so most of the juice teas are a little heavy for me.
Ah. Yeah, avoid pretty much everything at Teavana then!
ha! yes that sounds just like Teavana!! :P
it should also be noted that I am totally getting an “awesome tea vibe” now that my massive mug is drained. I want more!!
Hurray wanting more! :D
I hear you both on the Teavana thing. I personally do like the taste and aroma the fruit tisanes from them that I have had so far.
Indigobloom I like how you qualified your rating, telling us 90 is the ceiling for a “juice” tea. I may want to do just such a thing in one of my reviews someday.
I didn’t know hibiscus can make a tea taste sour, or that you could pick out some of the things you don’t like in the dried ‘tea’. You are just teaching me things left and right!
lol thanks SimpliciTea – I consider them more personal quirks but if you find it helpful then maybe they aren’t such bad habits! :)
and Teavana… I am so not impressed with them these days!!
Memo to self, don’t share juice teas. Got it! ;)
well if it’s a light juice augmented with other flavours it’s different, ya know what I mean? I usually drink my juice cut 50% with water so most of the juice teas are a little heavy for me.
Ah. Yeah, avoid pretty much everything at Teavana then!
ha! yes that sounds just like Teavana!! :P
it should also be noted that I am totally getting an “awesome tea vibe” now that my massive mug is drained. I want more!!
Hurray wanting more! :D
I hear you both on the Teavana thing. I personally do like the taste and aroma the fruit tisanes from them that I have had so far.
Indigobloom I like how you qualified your rating, telling us 90 is the ceiling for a “juice” tea. I may want to do just such a thing in one of my reviews someday.
I didn’t know hibiscus can make a tea taste sour, or that you could pick out some of the things you don’t like in the dried ‘tea’. You are just teaching me things left and right!
lol thanks SimpliciTea – I consider them more personal quirks but if you find it helpful then maybe they aren’t such bad habits! :)
and Teavana… I am so not impressed with them these days!!