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Had it today at the cafe. It was okkay and woke me up, but wasn’t very strong.

The smell is somewhat spicy but when brewed the tea is rich and very enjoyable.

I really like this tea!

If you are unsure about Honeybush…give this one a try…it’s unlike any I have had…altho I DO like Honeybush, this is a bit different than the stereotypical Honeybush.

Wow… I love this tea!

Comforting tea of love.

180F water, 3 min. Very pale green liquor. All I can taste is moderate ginger. The slight astringency tells me that tea is there, but I don’t know how matcha tastes or what variety of green was used. I don’t yet know what to make of this tea.

This is SOOO good!. MIld, fresh, naturally sweet. Love it!

Resteep with a few extra leaves added.

Trying to wind down from the day. I’d forgotten how nice chamomile can be. This one is very soothing and a bit medicinal in taste. But I do like that sort of thing. I’ll be using this “Surrender to Sleep Herb Tea” instead of Sleepytime from now on.

That’s the end of that tea as well. Not the best oolong I have, but a solid one and just as good on the second steep as on the first

Tea and working in the garden, transplanting this and that, digging here and there. Then more tea.

Some more.

This morning’s tea – I didn’t make it and the leaves sat in the pot for too long so it was a little bitter, but it was mixed with cream tea to make it smoother and I put some sugar and milk in to take away the bitter so it ended up pretty okay.

I love it. It’s eye-catching. It’s so cool. It’s gorgeous.

Now, on to practicalities:

Pros:
- I love drinking from this. The other day someone came into my office and said, “I love that you’re drinking from a jar!” I loved the feeling of drinking from a jar. You should try it. It’s so much better than those spouts they put in travel mugs left and right.
- Double glass is where it’s at. It’s warm but not too warm.
- I like that it looks like a test tube, and I like seeing my tea.
- Did I say that it’s gorgeous? That too.

Cons:
- I have the one with the bamboo lid, and as a previous reviewer stated, it came with splinters, and it splintered more with use. This bothered me. Eventually, I went to my guy, who is an artist, for help. He pulled out his artist tools and painted the lid all over with this clear stuff (resin?), which made the lid look less fancy and natural but prevented any future bits of bamboo from impaling my hands. I’ve had no problems since. And my hands are splinter-free.
- The cap is hard to clean, though.
- I don’t often use the strainer. I think I might have lost it. Does losing something count as a con?

The directions on the cylinder suggest one teaspoonful – maybe that’s not quite enough? I found this one disappointing; very bland. I’ll keep experimenting, but I don’t have high hopes.

Love this! this is my favorite rooibos blend so far, it doesn’t have a super woody taste and no weird after tastes like I sometime get with rooibos teas and it just has a great blueberry flavor. I like to add cream and sweetener to this and drink it after dinner, which is what I did tonight. I am on my second 2 oz bag of this and I will definitely buy more when it’s gone.