If you have this where you live, I recommend trying adding it to your tea, but only half a teaspoon or so because the scent and taste can be very strong:
You could also try their teabags:
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Help regarding tea
- Thread starter VoidCat
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If you have this where you live, I recommend trying adding it to your tea, but only half a teaspoon or so because the scent and taste can be very strong:
You could also try their teabags:
Earl Grey is my regular.If you have this where you live, I recommend trying adding it to your tea, but only half a teaspoon or so because the scent and taste can be very strong:
You could also try their teabags:
Same. My whole family rarely drink any other tea.
VoidCat
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They aint wrong but it is good...
The tea snobs among us would tell you that particular "tea" is technically a tisane, or "herbal tea" colloquially. Tea proper must contain tea plant, or Camellia sinensis, which this blend lacks.
The steep time listed on the package is about right. Speaking in general terms, the time you steep a tea or tisane is related to the nature of the components. Tisanes often contain harder plant parts or large pieces - things like dried fruit, berries, roots - so you need hard boiled water and longer steep times to get them to release. Other ingredients can sometimes make a tea or tisane go off a bit if oversteeped. There's a risk of that with the hibiscus in this particular blend - hibiscus has a very strong flavor and can overpower a brew if there is too much of it in the blend or it is brewed for too long. However, some people like that, so it's really up to taste.
A tisane like this I would brew as an iced tea. I have one somewhat similar to it I steep overnight in a glass jar and with a bit of stevia it makes a fantastic iced tea.
The steep time listed on the package is about right. Speaking in general terms, the time you steep a tea or tisane is related to the nature of the components. Tisanes often contain harder plant parts or large pieces - things like dried fruit, berries, roots - so you need hard boiled water and longer steep times to get them to release. Other ingredients can sometimes make a tea or tisane go off a bit if oversteeped. There's a risk of that with the hibiscus in this particular blend - hibiscus has a very strong flavor and can overpower a brew if there is too much of it in the blend or it is brewed for too long. However, some people like that, so it's really up to taste.
A tisane like this I would brew as an iced tea. I have one somewhat similar to it I steep overnight in a glass jar and with a bit of stevia it makes a fantastic iced tea.
Augustus
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If you have this where you live, I recommend trying adding it to your tea, but only half a teaspoon or so because the scent and taste can be very strong:
You could also try their teabags:
@VoidCat you can save money on fancy Earl Grey by simply adding 5 grams of hand soap to regular tea and deciding it’s disgusting and vowing that you’ll never drink it again.
Augustus
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Hitler
Sometimes I even use decaf.
If you like herbal teas, this is a must...
As mentioned by @Quintessence that is a tisain, from what i have read here and your experiments the advice is good and you are winning.
If you like it enough to make tea or tisane a regular drink i can recommend green tea with jasmine.
If you like it enough to make tea or tisane a regular drink i can recommend green tea with jasmine.
Secret Chief
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That is a tisane, it is not a tea! (Check the ingredients - no tea involved!)
VoidCat
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Why is it called herbal tea if it ain't tea?
If you like herbal teas, this is a must...
I just zoomed in on the package in the OP at it looks like the primary ingredient is rooibos. I suppose that explains the red hue to the finished product.
VoidCat
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Its a mixture of rooibos, hibicus, currant, rose hips, elderberries, cranberries,and fruit flavor according to the package
American?
VoidCat
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So it's not called herbal tea abroad? Didn't know that. Learn something new each day/gen