The Cardio

Got a bag of Cardio from BTVSGal (thank you very much!!) and am pleased to announce that I likes it! Actually I steeped it 5 minutes (it can go a little longer which I will do next time) and I was going nuts (more than usual) in my head trying to figure out what the elusive taste was gurgling in my mouth and down my throat. Slurp! I cook…and I have more herbs and spices than you have tea. Oh yes I do too. I had a hunch and went to my organic coriander seed, took one and chewed on it. Yep…same taste as in this tea. Coriander and a citrus and not much linden but a little. I chewed on a wet hawthorne berry to get the sense of the woodiness that’s in the tea. All in all…a curious little tea that I like. It’s not copy-cat or “I’ve had this beforeish”. AND, no caffeine! I grew 7 kinds of mint last year and dried it. I’m thinking that some pineapple mint might be good in this iced but that thought is only because it’s 66 today. Wed. it’s going to snow so I want this hot and as is. I give a good score for originality at least!
*Had some more of this and realized that I like it more so upped the rating.

I had this a couple times over the weekend (at the cottage!). Hm. It doesn’t taste bad, which is pretty impressive compared to my attempts at brewing some of the herbs on the ingredients list. It just doesn’t taste particularly good, but that isn’t really what it’s going for.

Just a pretty innocuous herbal-tasting herbal, hopefully with some heart health benefits! I think the hawthorne is pretty prominent in the taste, and definitely in the scent.

Yuck. I could not stand the taste of this tea and threw it out after one sip. It smells nice, but steeped…yuck!

This wasn’t a tea I had chosen for myself, but a gift from tea-clueless dad. I had asked for tea tins, and he bought me tea in tins from David’s Tea.
When I remembered that I had it this morning, I decided that this was the tea for me. I made a pot to share with my partner, and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. I wasn’t expecting to like it, but I find the taste to be quite nice. It isn’t too overwhelming in taste, but not subtle either. Sort of middle of the road.
It was a very general ‘berry’ taste that I quite like. I’m not sure this is a tea I would drink multiple times a week, but it is one I would likely purchase when I’m finished what I have.

Still feeling a bit dehydrated, I was craving something juicy that would help with that, and this is what my wife recommended. I’m really enjoying it, and it is definitely helping with my craving. Definitely one to keep in stock, it’s juicy and refreshing without being overly tart or sweet.

Tried this in-store, and like the Immunizer I was very pleasantly surprised. It was a bit sweet, but very tasty and easy to drink. Resteeped well. And it did give me a bit of a boost when I needed it. Definitely going to try the rest of the collection now.

I was intrigued by the Wellness teas and wanted to try a couple. This was the first one I picked up and I have to say I was in love at first smell. It’s very fruity, sweet (and a bit tart at the same time), and tasted almost the same as it smells. It reminds me of a favorite childhood candy of mine because of the hawthorne berry (hawflakes – super tasty candy).