Apotheke

I’ve always enjoyed teas with sea buckthorn as an ingredient, so it was nice to see this one in the Herbal TTB where it’s the star of the show. It’s so unique. This tea is also nicely orangey.

I bought this tea for Herbal/Decaf TTB and kept a few bags for my own research and I am glad that I did!

This is pretty much orange forward with a slightly tart finish, thanks to sea buckthorn I believe. And moreover, it is very mouthcoating, with hints of minty notes; however without too much menthol here.
To be honest, this tea produced about 16 km (10 mi) from my home has greatly surprised me. I may try more of their teas.

Very pleasant. I’m mostly tasting elderberry and the sweetness of the blackberry leaves, which are flavors I do enjoy so I am quite pleased with this one!

I had this yesterday but the site was being slow. It tasted mostly like orange with a hint of mint at the end. Quite pleasant! Better than most fruit mint teas I have had either because it was just a hint or because it was spearmint rather than peppermint.

Herbal and Decaf Traveling Tea Box, Summer 2025.
Sea Buckthorn & Orange. Apotheke.
This was a string-tag paper teabag in a sealed, plasticized, paper wrapper. Steeped as directed: 4 min. in 8 oz. boiling spring water. A terrific combo of orange and (new to me) Sea Buckthorn, with a background of spearmint, and mere notes of hibiscus or rose hip adding some tartness. Refreshing, natural-tasting, and even better with a lump or two. Awesome juicy orange aroma on the infusion, too, that continued improving as the liquor cooled to ambient. Has a nice, clean finish. Never got any notes of apple, but it wasn’t needed— maybe just there for sweetness. Highly recommended and will rate this a 95. Another win for Apotheke! I’m going to have to investigate the range of their offerings and check availability in the US.

Herbal and Decaf Traveling Tea Box, Summer 2025.
Ćerný rybíz a bezinke. Apotheke.
Teabag with stapled string-tag, in plasticized paper wrap. Oh, I adore blackcurrant! And this tisane’s steamy aroma was so rich in blackcurrant that it was love-at-first-sniff! I steeped as directed, 4 min. in 8 oz. boiling spring water. However, there are other ingredients here, than elderberry, and the licorice root, hibiscus and rose hips were not a harmonious blend, as each was asserting itself violently. What happened to being team players‽ I wonder if a gong-fu style session would allow each to present itself more cordially? Diluting the potent liquor by half merely exaggerated the bitterness as the hibiscus took command. But adding a tsp. of sugar to the hot tisane did the trick, taming the strong flavors and giving the blackcurrant and elderberry the upper hand in what now resembles a mouthful of wild berries, as was likely the intention of the blend. The flavor further improved as the liquor reached room temperature, so I suspected this could make an outstanding iced tisane, which it did! Great, long-lasting finish, too. You might need to optimize this one to your own taste, but as a sweetened, hot drink on a chilly, dreary early winter day, or as an iced treat, this made me cheerful! Set aside a bag to gong-fu, and will post another note after that. Meanwhile, recommended and rated 85.

2025 herbal/caffeine-free TTB

Ooh, this is a fun one. Very syrupy with that sweet, tart, dark berry taste – without tipping over into medicinal. I allowed half of it to cool and added seltzer. That made for a tasty tea soda!

2025 herbal/caffeine-free TTB

I don’t think I’ve had sea buckthorn before, so this was intriguing! It’s hard for me to distinguish between the orange and the buckthorn, probably because of a lack of experience on my part. It just overall tastes like blood orange – tart, sweet, citrusy. It makes a surprisingly good iced tea! So glad I got to try this and now I’m even more curious about sea buckthorn.

So I found this teabag that somebody sent me in a swap, I have no clue from when or where honestly(if one of you on Steepster sent it, Thank You!)
I had no clue what the label said but i was able to find it online and get a description
http://www.apotheke.cz/krteckuv-caj-na-imunitu-s-jahodnik/d-76829/
Apparently it is market towards kids which is cool to me cuz kids deserve tasty teas too,
It say tea on immunity with strawberry, not so sure about that honestly because it does NOT taste like strawberry to me BUT it does taste like something that kids love to eat so maybe this one is popular with little Czech Boys and girls. It taste like Crayons, no joke.
I remember eating Crayola crayons as a child, we all prolly do, that waxy weird taste and smell even is undeniably delicious to children.
I never thought I would have a tea that tasted like Crayon but now I have tried it all.
I hate to admit that its not really half bad tho I wouldn’t recommend it to an adult unless of course you still eat crayons then you may want to wash them down with this one lol. Funny I realized that it was a childs tea and I tasted it anyways and it took me back to my own childhood.
To me the taste wasn’t good or bad but kids would prolly enjoy it so that counts for something :)

If you like pu-erh, stay very far away from this tea.