Ingredients: Nettle Leaf, Peppermint Leaf, Burdock Root, Dandelion Root and Artichoke Leaf.
Tea bag appearance: Fine ground herbs with some medium sized, fluffy pieces. Some are so small they fall through the bag, which is see through and easy to look at it’s contents.
Tea bag scent: Herbal with a delicate peppermint hint.
Steeping Instructions: None are given on the packaging but knowing this is herbal I will use boiling water for approx 5-7 minutes. Also, a quick note to say the teabag string is a little short and needs to be tied around the handle to stop the bag from fully submerging, string and all.
Once steeped a brown liquid is the result with a soft, sweet mint scent and a touch of mixed herbs in the background.
In flavour this is full bodied with noticeable peppermint and burdock flavours. A subtle sweetness but thick herbal after taste with dark burdock tartness. As it cools the herbs don’t increase in strength and it remains easy to drink with it’s sweetness, the mint having a creamy feel against the dark, wooden burdock.
It’s herbal and while not a fan this blend is not offensive in strength nor flavour and is a little different given it’s rather strong burdock after taste. The mint is not strong enough to be called a mint tea but it does leave that slightly refreshing taste in my mouth. However, this is not a tea that necessarily requires to taste nice, it’s a functional tea after all. In terms of it having detoxifying capabilities I will not know for the time being, though I do understand that nettle is a diuretic and peppermint is good for aiding digestion.
For pictures and more info please view my blog: http://www.kittylovestea.co.uk/2016/05/09/blendology-functional-teas-review/
