Another one from this place that is just a hibiscus tea, despite them saying it’s kiwi strawberry. I thought it didn’t seem to have the same ratio of hibiscus as the other one I got but tasting it, nope.
I guess there is strawberry, but there is this moment when I am drinking it when I just cringe from the hibiscus. First I think, this one will be okay, that’s strawberry with a slight note of kiwi. And then it’s like HAHAHA HIBISCUS and I want to cry, and then it calms back down.
Do not want.
I should have gotten black teas or something here instead of fruit teas. Then again, in the containers they did not look like hibiscus offenders (I have no problem with hibiscus when it’s not overpowering everything and slapping me in the tastebuds) and they smell great. I even cold steeped it because usually I like things with hibiscus as a major player cold steeped.
Actually after watering it down with some ice cubes, it starts to taste like kiwi strawberry. Still a bit too tart for my liking in the aftertaste, but it tastes like it’s supposed to after all. Just wish it was a bit more kiwi tasting.
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I hate when hibiscus overwhelms everything else, I don’t know why some companies put in so darn much of it :/
I guess it’s just the go to cheap filler. I’d rather pay more for a tea to actually taste like strawberries and kiwis than have it filled with hibiscus. I think this one was $3.50 an ounce too, or $10 for 4 oz. Meanwhile I have a fruit tea with zero hibiscus that was $8.60 or so for 2 ounces of it, and it tastes just like its name.
I think tea blenders load on the hibiscus partly because the majority of tea drinkers load on the sugar and the sweet and tart would make the fruit flavor more convincing or more like juice. Hot unsweetened hibiscus at full strength is definitely not pleasant.
I hate when hibiscus overwhelms everything else, I don’t know why some companies put in so darn much of it :/
I guess it’s just the go to cheap filler. I’d rather pay more for a tea to actually taste like strawberries and kiwis than have it filled with hibiscus. I think this one was $3.50 an ounce too, or $10 for 4 oz. Meanwhile I have a fruit tea with zero hibiscus that was $8.60 or so for 2 ounces of it, and it tastes just like its name.
I think tea blenders load on the hibiscus partly because the majority of tea drinkers load on the sugar and the sweet and tart would make the fruit flavor more convincing or more like juice. Hot unsweetened hibiscus at full strength is definitely not pleasant.