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So I should have actually researched the ingredients in this blend that I wasn’t familiar with before I chose it to drink today. Normally I would have, just to make sure it didn’t interfere with my seizure medication, but I was really lax since I was feeling so run down and miserable this morning.

I’m having a huge allergy attack right now and thought this would be a great tea to ease my sore throat. It worked wonders on the sore throat and ears, but made the allergy problem a million times worse. Those of you who are allergic to ragweed should absolutely avoid this because it contains Burdock Root, which is related to ragweed. Ragweed just so happens to be the current cause of my allergy problem. This managed to set off my asthma to boot. Not a fault of the tea, but my own inability to understand all of the ingredients.

This isn’t a tea I would order to drink every day because it contains so many ingredients that I don’t normally care for. I ordered it because the combination of ingredients are perfect for when I’m sick. I’ll admit, I did save it for a day that I couldn’t really taste it, so you should know that my rating this time is based off how well it relieved my symptoms. It actually did fairly well, if you ignore the fact that I’m allergic to one of the ingredients.

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I am always interested in swapping so if you see anything in my cupboard that you want to try just send me a message. Please keep in mind that I order most of my teas in sample sizes and may not have a lot to swap. I’m also trying to keep my swaps limited to one a month so I don’t break the bank.

My favorite tea companies to order from are American Tea Room, Rishi, TeaVivre, and Single Origin Teas, however I am constantly lured away from my favorites by a good sale.

Ingredients I love in tea
rose, peach, oolong, osmanthus, vanilla, marshmallow root and peppermint

Ingredients I dislike in tea:
spearmint, chocolate, orange, hibiscus, sage and for the most part lemon.

I am a firm believer that sage only belongs in my thanksgiving stuffing/dressing and absolutely not in my tea.

Allergies
Cinnamon, Chocolate, Burdock Root, and Goji Berries

Teawares:
FORLIFE Curve Teapot, 24oz
Adagio ingenuiTEA, 16oz
Adagio Iced ingenuiTEA, 32oz
Zojirushi Water Pot, 4L
Libbey Country Fair drinking jars for ice tea
TeaVivre Travel Gaiwan

Rating Guidelines:

100 – 90: Pantry essential and some of my all time favorites that I can’t live without.

89 – 80: You’ll have a pretty good chance of finding this is my pantry on a regular basis, but it isn’t the end of the world if I run out.

79 – 70: I might consider restocking this at some point if the price was right.

69 – 40: Not undrinkable, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to buy it again.

39 – 20: What in the world were they thinking? Probably still finished this just because I hate to waste anything.

19 – 0: Wow, that’s so terrible chances are pretty good I dumped it out and gave away the rest.

My current top five favorite teas:

China Black – Rishi Tea
Earl Grey Cream – Zen Tea
Lemoncello – American Tea Room
Nonpareil Anxi Qing Xiang TieGuanYin Oolong – TeaVivre
White Tea Rose Mélange – Rishi Tea

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Oregon, WI

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http://www.notstarvingyet.com/

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