Alvita

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This is one of my favorite teas with it’s strong, spicy, rooty, peppery flavor. Lacks any kind of aroma, but this is some good stuff!

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A review of Fennel Seed Tea by Alvita

Date: 11/07/2012
Company: Alvita
Tea Name: Fennel Seed
Tea Type/ Herbal
Region:
Steeping Vessel/Amt. Leaf: cup/ tea bag
Plucking Season:
Liquor Color: clear broth like
Leaf Characteristics: I like the smell that comes from this tea bag, it is like onions and dill or pickle juice since I have had this tea before. I know what to expect and it is most pleasant.

1. Steepings

1st Steeping:
Water temperature: 190 Fahrenheit
Time: 3 minutes

Note: I have enjoyed this tea quite a bit and it is not from doing anything differently. I take one tea bag in a cup and add the boiling water to my cup and left to steep for a few minutes. The teas’ color is very light, like a mild broth when it is first brewing. It smells of the fennel seed and I refer to this smell as dill-like or pickle juice or a very mild onion soup but this is pushing it.

Were I incline I could use this when cooking with onion and celery to add a dash of this fennel seed tea to what I am making. No, I have not tried it as such. I have simply made nicely cup of hot tea to sip and sip while thinking of pickled juice.

I am silly and depressed since nothing that I do is noticed. I am always the one on wrong side of things and my side adds to a big zero and this is perhaps due to not holding employment as father-in-law was kind in reminding me. “You are annoying; you want to talk about annoying…etc.” Quotes do not have to do with tea review.

Honestly, I liked the Traditional Medicinals version better. I assumed they’d be the same, but this one somehow seems more like “hot leaf juice” + paper bag :( Especially when brewed as directed (3 min in 6oz water).
Letting it brew longer, adding honey, and letting it cool seems to mellow it out and let it all meld into something drinkable. Next time I’ll go back to the other brand, try Yogi’s, or take my own advice and buy the loose herb in bulk.

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A review of Fennel Tea (caffeine free) by Alvita

Date: 10/13/2012
Company: Alvita
Tea Name: Fennel Seed Tea
Tea Type/Varietal: Herbal
Region:
Steeping Vessel/Amt. Leaf: cup/ tea bag
Plucking Season:
Liquor Color: very light brown
Leaf Characteristics: tea bag smells strongly of fennel and makes me think of anise.

1. Steepings two bags are best used, I did start with one tea bag and had two good steeps and added a second bag for more tea drinking.

1st Steeping:
Water temperature: 200 Fahrenheit
Time: 3 minutes

Note: I place one tea bag in a cup and add the boiled water into my cup over the tea bag and left to steep for a few minutes. Tea’s aroma is very noticeable sweet and the tea’s color is a very light brown.
I find this Fennel tea to be fragrant and warmly soothing. I am having this cup of tea after being out today and it was colder than I expected since my spirit is low. So it is a cup of herbal to ail my frail mental state.

2nd Steeping:
Water temperature: 200 Fahrenheit
Time: 3 minutes

Note: I am using this same tea bag for a second steeping and after this cup I will add another tea bag and continue as with first cup of tea. It is herbal tea meant to soothe and comfort.

This tea taste similarly to Dill and Anise, if not familiar with Fennel tea; since I was not.

It makes you relax

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Best flowering/root tea when you’re not feeling your best! It has a slight stringent taste and provides a warm, soothing medicinal benefit.

Sage leaf is fantastic for clearing up your sinuses. Instead of spending six or seven dollars on this packaged tea, head over to the bulk dried herb section of your grocery store, buy a bag full (will yield twice as much tea) for about two dollars and pack a tea ball full of sage leaves. Steep for about seven minutes and drink once it has cooled down a bit. The taste is pretty strong and mildy bitter if you are sensitive, but you will be thankful later that you don’t have to take speed to relieve sinus pressure. If money is no object, buy this tea, it is already bagged and you won’t have as many floaties.

I love this tea and I don’t think the aftertaste is bad at all. I’m getting a little worried because nobody seems to be stocking it anymore and Amazon actually has a “currently unavailable” notice …and the seller on Amazon is listed as Alvita, so uh oh… I hope they are not discontinuing this product due to lack of interest. If so, several Yogi teas such as Calming, Gingko Clarity and Energy all have gotu kola in them and seem to have a pretty high content of gotu kola, too, based on the feeling these teas give.

This brings me to the real reason for my tea review. I like the taste of tea, sure, but mostly I drink tea for the immediately noticeable effects on my physiology and mind. Several years ago, I was frequently irritated, angry and often extremely tired. Someone suggested that “I had too much ‘pitta’” and that I should use Gotu Kola to balance my energy. Sounded like new age mumbo jumbo, but I Googled the term “pitta” and I Googled “gotu kola” and decided to give it a shot.

I have problems with mental clarity, emotions and energy levels. Gotu Kola helps with all of that. If I drink gotu kola tea instead of alcohol, I am much closer to normal within a few days (I am talking about when I feel really stressed). I have also noticed food plays a major part in how I feel, but for the most part, I can get myself feeling back to normal within a few days of drinking the right teas.

If you do some research on gotu kola, you will see it’s a very healing plant and as a general nerve tonic, it is excellent. I can’t exactly explain what it does, but I feel it is a much better alternative to something like Prozac, honestly. My mind does a complete 180 from jump-off-a-bridge anxiety to “what’s the big deal?” And I do like the way it tastes.

This tea is a wonderful mood-booster and helps to calm the stomach. The recommended steep time is three minutes, and with even three minutes the tea can be on the strong side. I prefer a bit of a zing in my mouth, so let the tea steep for five minutes or more adding a bit of honey keeps the tea from being bitter, but does not change the strength.

Wednesday Apr. 13, 2011
2nd Steep of the Day
Went for a Hot Cup Of Sarsaparilla.
Great Tasting Herb Tea from Alvita.
Easy Sipping Tea that goes great with a Good Book.
Keep on Steepin

Friday Apr. 1, 2011
2nd Steep of the Day.
Got a New Alvita Sarsaparilla Today.
Steeped this Herb for 8 min. and it Makes Great Cup.
This Has the Flavor of the Old Sasparilla Sodas I Liked.
I’m Gonna Enjoy this Box of Tea.
Keep On Steepin

I really like this tea! It’s slightly sweet, very smooth, and just awesome. It even smells good to me.

It doesn’t really taste like coffee, but I suppose if you steep 2-3 bags in 1 cup then maybe?

Overall, I love this tea and I can sip on it all day. Never tried adding a sweetener to it, but I’m sure it would taste great. Maybe even iced with a little honey!

It’s not my favorite. It isn’t particularly interesting, and the flavor is (thankfully) quite mild. I drink it for the potential benefits, not the taste.

This was a green brown in color and it smelled like a cross between ‘used catnip’ and dirty socks. (Some of you have seen me describe the ‘used catnip’ smell once before). The taste was a flat/grassy-wood type taste…almost on the verge of stale. I did finish the cup so the flavor of the herbal tisane was thankfully on the paler side. I don’t think I could have or would have finished the cup had it been more strong. Anyhow…just when I thought it was MAYBE growing on me…the funky aftertaste HIT me like a TON OF BRICKS…it left a dark leafy-green on the verge of bitter aftertaste. Oye.

I don’t believe the water was hot enough or the teabag was steeped long enough by the pourer at the tasting this evening…but…

It was next to clear in color – pale yellow tint with little to no scent. It tasted like warm water. Nothing else really to say. It wasn’t bad it just didn’t look, smell, or taste like much.

Went to a TEA TALK tonight…sooooo not what I expected. If you want the ‘extended dance mix version’ of my time there PM me and I will share it. In the meantime…I did take tasting notes on the ones we sampled.

The first one was this Peppermint.

You know I love my Peppermint. This was…eeeeeh…so-so, but also the highest rated one for the evening…IMO.

It was slightly murky and a light brown with green hue for color. Nose was NOT a hyped up version of Peppermint but still a fair amount paired with an ‘ishy’ (no, not fishy…ISHY) Medicine-E smell. The taste was exactly like the smell. However, the after taste was more pleasant than I thought it would be.

Altho I drank 2 cups…I wouldn’t buy for my stock…