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Herbal Rooibos Blend by Whispering Pines Tea Company
Sweet notes of mint and tart hibiscus with just the perfect elderberry twist flow smooth as water through the rooibos base – It’s like a cup of serenity pulled straight out of the deep northern forests!
The Perfect Cup: 8 oz of 212ºF filtered water, 1 heaping teaspoon (1/2 tablespoon) of tea, steeped for 5 minutes. Great iced!
Ingredients: Organic red rooibos, hibiscus, spearmint, elderberries
Oh-so-slightly scented fruit and mint. Nice.
The color after infusing is that of a rooibos.
The Elderberries, Hibiscus, Mint, and Rooibos work REALLY well together, here. So-much-so that is creates a unique flavor of its own and one ingredient does NOT over power the others…you can’t really pick-out the individual ingredients and in this offering I LOVE THAT about it!
It’s sweet, fruity, juicing, somewhat wine-like, even.
Ya know what? I actually like this one EVEN BETTER ICED :)
YAY!
I’m drinking this iced…just because I felt like it would be better iced :D
Well…the smell of the dry leaf is pretty much godly. You can definitely smell the spearmint and hibiscus – yummy!
Upon tasting it, I’d say that the hibiscus comes through more…but I feel like the opposite would be true if it was hot. There’s definitely a minty aftertaste and the elderberry’s are a LOVELY touch to the overall body of this blend.
I’d TOTALLY recommend this to anyone that likes hibiscus, and will be trying it again tonight before bed :)
At the first couple of sips, I was ho-hum about this tea, but by the time I got to the end of the cup, I was loving it. The spearmint comes through on a nice subtle level and mixes well with the rooibos, hibiscus, and elderberries. I found a longer steeping time (7 1/2 minutes) better than 5 min.
Would I purchase this again? I would say . . . 50/50.
