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Gotu Kola from Alvita
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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.

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LiberTEAS
LiberTEAS 2010-04-15 21:26:05 -0400

This girl has had too many herbal teas in the last couple of hours… get some real tea in her – stat!

TeaEqualsBliss
TeaEqualsBliss 2010-04-15 21:26:49 -0400

LOL!!!! True-Dat!!! :P

Janefan
Janefan 2010-04-15 21:53:26 -0400

“used catnip” – wow! That’s something I never want to taste. Thank you for drinking it, and sharing, so that we don’t have to!

LiberTEAS
LiberTEAS 2010-04-15 21:55:05 -0400

Yeah… and the whole dirty socks thing… no, I don’t think I’d like to steep dirty socks and then drink the resulting “tea”… nope… pass!

Rabs
Rabs 2010-04-15 23:20:38 -0400

Is it wrong of me to hope that you get some nasty teas just so you can share your poetic descriptions with us? Mmmm…used catnip…::drools like Homer Simpson::

Jillian
Jillian 2010-04-15 23:40:57 -0400

I thought gotu kola is usually used in Indian and South-east Asian cooking – curries, salads, porridges, etc. I’ve never heard of it consumed as a plain tea before. It sounds pretty nasty at any rate! >.<

TeaEqualsBliss
TeaEqualsBliss 2010-04-16 07:18:52 -0400

Rabs – you crack me up! :P

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