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I’m expecting some shipments to come in tomorrow & Tuesday, at which point I’ll have a fair amount of tea in the cupboard again. This has spurred me to dig into the dark corners of my collection and evaluate what I have already. In hindsight, it seems like I would have done this weeks ago, when I was actually low on tea. But no. It felt too depressing then. So it is happening now.

I really thought I hated this one, but it is actually not bad. Maybe I was steeping it wrong before. Earthy and mushroomy, it has a kind of medicinal vibe, but I do have times when I’m in the mood for that sort of thing, so I guess I won’t chuck it after all.

Preparation
Boiling 1 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML
Fjellrev

I get a weird feeling just reading about this: earthy, mushroomy, and medicinal. Sounds like a seriously acquired taste.

Tamarindel

Haha, it is definitely is, that’s why I was so horrified with it the first time I tried it. If you’re looking at it as a green tea (which technically it is) it’s quite bad. As a medicinal herbal, though, it’s acceptable. I drink stuff like this once in awhile when I feel I’ve had too much sugar, and the bitterness seems to even things out. But no, I wouldn’t recommend drinking it for the fun of it.

Fjellrev

I love drinking genmaicha and houjicha when I’ve had too much sugar. With that said, I would still want that classic roasted flavour in these types of greens rather than something earthy and medicinal. Bleh. You’re brave!

Tamarindel

It does have a roasted note, actually, but it’s not the thing I notice most about this one. And hells yeah, a nice genmaicha would be way preferable. But at least this works as an incentive not to eat too much sugar ;)

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Fjellrev

I get a weird feeling just reading about this: earthy, mushroomy, and medicinal. Sounds like a seriously acquired taste.

Tamarindel

Haha, it is definitely is, that’s why I was so horrified with it the first time I tried it. If you’re looking at it as a green tea (which technically it is) it’s quite bad. As a medicinal herbal, though, it’s acceptable. I drink stuff like this once in awhile when I feel I’ve had too much sugar, and the bitterness seems to even things out. But no, I wouldn’t recommend drinking it for the fun of it.

Fjellrev

I love drinking genmaicha and houjicha when I’ve had too much sugar. With that said, I would still want that classic roasted flavour in these types of greens rather than something earthy and medicinal. Bleh. You’re brave!

Tamarindel

It does have a roasted note, actually, but it’s not the thing I notice most about this one. And hells yeah, a nice genmaicha would be way preferable. But at least this works as an incentive not to eat too much sugar ;)

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green tea
black tea
lots and lots of oolong!
fruit
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mint

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