Now that my taste is back, I am going tea crazy and making 3 cups at once. After opening this to add some to a swap, I decided to give it a taste myself. I had high expectations of this one because I love Frank’s Strawberry Pie Honeybush and Cinnamon Roll Honeybush but for me personally, this does not measure up. Maybe there is too much going on because I am getting a strange taste and cannot really detect any of the individual elements. To be fair, that may be due to personal error because I overestimated how much water I would have in the kettle and this overleafed this cup. I shall hold off on numbers until I brew this properly but I have a feeling this will be making its way into the swap box.
On another note, why do companies feel the need to leave one side of their packages clear? I mean I would think they know that light affects tea so why not make the package opague? Or are those little windows some special UV ray blocking plastic? If not, I feel like it is a pretty shitty plan although I suppose it helps the business because if the tea goes bad, you have to buy more.
I found the only way this one works for me is if I brew it at 200F, overleaf it slightly, and let it sit longer with some sweetener in it.
I will definitely try that out next cup because this one went down the drain