Jenn

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This tea makes me sad. The aroma of Cherry Potion is intoxicating! I want to put Cherry Potion in a small sachet to be worn around my wrist, and sniff it when I feel that I may swoon from the pressures of the day. I’ll need a fainting couch and a bustle in order to make this look work.

BUT once Cherry Potion is brewed, something goes very wrong. I don’t mind hibiscus in teas most of the time, but hibiscus is a big, bitter, bully in this tea. I can’t taste enough of the beautiful cherries in this blend because hibiscus has beaten the life out of them. The more I drink of this tea the more frustrated I become with it because I can see its potential for cherry(fide) greatness.

You’re a jerk hibiscus. BOOOO!!!!

Edit: My lips looked like this http://www.caufields.com/productimages/Valentine/Images/77885.jpg after I drank Cherry Potion! Not really, but what an oddly specific feature/ selling point.

2011-09-07 17:33:53 -0400

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DaisyChubb 2011-09-07 18:03:09 -0400

Hibiscus IS a big bitter bully in this tea!
You’ve found a perfect way to describe it! :(

ashika 2011-09-07 18:05:19 -0400

lol i love your lip pic lol

Jenn 2011-09-07 18:10:07 -0400

DaisyChubb, the sadest part is that you gave me fair warning. Sometimes I just think it will be different for me… and then it’s not :/

ashika, do you think should I see a doctor? Hehehe…

Jenn 2011-09-07 18:12:38 -0400

Edit: the saddest part… Grrrrr

SimplyJenW 2011-09-07 19:42:23 -0400

Hibiscus and I are also no longer friends…. It is much better on the second steep, though. Hibiscus is a bully for the first steep, and usually not to be found for the second.

gmathis 2011-09-07 20:20:48 -0400

Cherry tea can go really, really wrong. Too many end up tasting like cough syrup.

Jenn 2011-09-08 02:35:38 -0400

SimplyJenW, I may have to break up with hibiscus too. Such a bitter coward/ bully!

gmathis, true that! Luckily Cherry Potion didn’t taste like cough syrup, but it was a hot hibiscus mess.

ashika 2011-09-12 20:35:21 -0400

lol Jenn- honey,- it better to have tried than never have taken the chance- i’m glad you went out to find the verdict for yourself KUDOS : )

Heather Martin 2011-11-01 05:15:19 -0400

_"BUT once Cherry Potion is brewed, something goes very wrong. I don’t mind hibiscus in teas most of the time, but hibiscus is a big, bitter, bully in this tea. I can’t taste enough of the beautiful cherries in this blend because hibiscus has beaten the life out of them. The more I drink of this tea the more frustrated I become with it because I can see its potential for cherry(fide) greatness.

You’re a jerk hibiscus. BOOOO!!!!"_

Too true! I pretty much said the same thing in my tasting just now. This tea has amazing potential if it weren’t for the stoopid hibiscus.

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