Honeybush

This was really interesting. I love rooibos and that is what I was initially comparing it to. When I first smelled the loose leaves, I was kind of baffled – it smelled rather sweet, but also had some other scent I couldn’t really define that was strange (some kind of earthy scent?)
My first brew, I think I added slightly too much water for the amount of leaves. The first cup was different from what I was expecting from the scent. The initial flavours weren’t necessarily sweet but the aftertaste was. It does have kind of a fruity scent and the taste almost has overtones like an herbal fruit tea.
I found that as it cooled, it seemed to taste sweeter and to become less astringent (negligibly so). The scent really seemed to get much sweeter and open up.

ETA: I made a second infusion of this and it actually still tasted pretty good. I steeped it for around 10 minutes which I think really helped make the second cup taste close to the first. The scent was just as strong as the first cup. The flavour was more subtle but still there.
But wow this makes me tired. There is no way I am ever drinking this in the middle of the day. I don’t actually know if I like the way in which this made me sleepy. I feel like I’ve had the world’s longest day.

Earthy with a touch of sweetness. It’s a little astringent. Very woody. It’s really kind of one note. The aroma is slightly floral and might be nice to combine with other teas. I don’t hate it but I don’t really like it either. It is somewhat improved when iced.

I expected this to be sweeter than rooibos, but instead I got the “woody” and “medicinal” flavors that I’ve always read about in rooibos, but never experienced myself. I’ll give it a few more tries, but I wasn’t thrilled.

A caffeine-free tea today in Advent from Devon.
I have opened it when I came from work and somehow I feel fine it is a caffeine-free tea today! I have been working more physical today, moving several wooden crates (each approx. 70 kg/154 lbs) from pallet to another one. I wasn’t doing it myself, of course we were two for that… but I don’t actually feel tired as other days?

So, as I said, I feel fine it is a caffeine-free and honestly I probably never had pure honeybush. Yes, pure rooibos several times. But honeybush?

I found out it’ s nice. Quite woody, with some sweet and I dare to say, honey, aftertaste.
But that’s all folks! It has nothing else to deliver. Nothing I would have to try again on its own.

Very lovely. It didn’t really have a honey flavor to me, but it was very sweet to be sure. The flavor reminded me of raspberry leaf tea a little. I definitely prefer it to Roobios.

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.

First time trying a honeybush. The aroma is almost nauseating. Smells… mulchy? Not sure what that is, but it’s unpleasant. The taste, however, is sweet, woody, and has a slight hint of… banana peel? This is a very unusual experience. There’s a bit of a cooling effect shortly after swallowing. This might make a good base for a fruity blend, but that’s not really my thing. I’ve got some more left in the sample, I’ll have another go. The aftertaste almost makes the smell worth bearing.

This was my first time trying honeybush and I just don’t like it. It smells cloyingly medicinal and tastes like something we should not have decided to eat. Luckily, I bought only a sample and my girlfriend liked it, so it won’t go to waste. I tried it plain and sweetened but it just wasn’t right for me. I didn’t finish the cup, a rarity. I haven’t added a numeric rating because I don’t know if this is a ‘good’ honeybush.

This tea is what keeps me coming back to Adagio over and over again(with ample samples of others!). It has a very mild sweetness that doesn’t require extra sweetener, though I sometimes add a bit for an extra special treat. The smell is quite deceiving, as it tastes nothing like how you’d think from sniffing it. It smells like cheap spices and wood. I was very pleasantly surprised after taking my first sip. This is my favorite tea!

This is fantastic. Really lovely, soft flavor.