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I have yet to try honeybush…
I wonder how it compares to rooibos. Green rooibos is definitely better than red rooibos. UMMM! Here’s a thought, how would green rooibos as a base instead of honeybush taste? I mean green rooibos gives more of a tropical feel.
Honeybush is a hundred time better than rooibos IMO, it’s sweeter and lacks that tart, woody quality red rooibos has.
Apparently this tea is supposed to be good iced aswell. I think that’s how I’ll try mine next. :)
This is one of my personal favorites. This was the first blend we created that I thought, I need to enter this into the World Tea Championships. It works beautifully with the honeybush. As Jillian said, the honeybush is similar to rooibos, but sweeter and it doesn’t have that piney/woody aftertaste at all.
I would totally encourage everyone to try this one iced. I think it actually gains a dimension. Same with the Cinnamon Fig Rooibos. I think both of those are just BETTER iced.
Ricky, I’m glad we hit on one that you enjoy. It’s always interesting to me to read the reviews. A lot of times I have to fight the urge to comment on them. I always want to shout, “GGRRRRR!! How can you NOT love that!” LOL. But I’ve realized that tastes really do vary and not everyone is going to love all of our teas (much to my chagrin, let me tell you). But I’m just going to keep working at it, keep churning out more quality blends because good reviews like this one make it all worthwhile.
Oh, and incidentally, I didn’t use green rooibos with this because I have found the green rooibos has such a strong citrus character to it, it is almost like a lemon flavored tea by itself. (Ditto the green honeybush which I think we still have some of; and if you like green rooibos, you should really try some green honeybush (we have it unblended on the site)). Anyway, we did (once upon a time) create a blend with green rooibos and strawberry and the citrus notes of the green rooibos contrasted beautifully with the sweet strawberries. One of these days we will do another, and I am still working on a blend with the green honeybush. We started doing a lemondrop green honeybush and I was not happy with it and threw it out. But we’re going to try again.
I’d love to see more blends with honeybush (of either variety) or green rooibos. Red rooibos is over-used IMO.
I agree with Jillian, honeybush is definitely better than rooibos! And I look forward to trying some of 52teas green rooibos blends. I’ve yet to find a green rooibos that I didn’t like. I’ve never tried it straight, but it is really good blended with fruit and such.
Ha! It’s funny, because it was so delicious that I took my time with this one. I kept sipping it so by the time I was actually done with it, it was basically cold as ice. Err, figuratively speaking…
I was actually wondering why you didn’t comment on people’s posts that go, argh this doesn’t taste good. I imagine you are probably bashing your head going, AHHH WHYYYYY! I mean if you were a chef and someone complained about your food, I’m sure you’d storm out and speak with the customer directly. But! I see your point! Everyone has a different preference when it comes to tea, can’t satisfy everyone. Ahhh, most unfortunate.
Green honeybush!?!? Never knew there was such a thing! Haha, first time I’ve heard of it. Well there’s an idea. Green Honeybush or rooibos blend! Wohooo, put us on the order list.
Green Rooibos, Strawberry, Lemonade? I mean the green rooibos gives it that citrus kick that the lemon already gives. OHHH, raspberry instead of strawberry. Wait…. doesn’t Teavana have something like this? o.O
I’ll leave the blends up to you geniuses.
Ricky I’m so glad to read this. I just ordered this tea for the Groundhog Day special, but was trepidatious. Now I can’t wait for my order to arrive! It’s so neat to hear from them on here and see the thought process that went into a specific blend.
Incidentally, I just posted our new tea of the week, and it is another honeybush blend: Raspberry Cream Cheese Danish Honeybush! http://www.52teas.com
I have no idea why nobody has said “If you like pina coladas….” blah blah haha. Good review, but disappointing you thought the rum “disappeared”
It’s a great tea, hopefully you enjoy it too. Ohhh raspberry cream cheese danish…. now that sounds tasty! No more tea for me! My cupboard needs some emptying.
Well…. I don’t think the rum is a strong aspect of the tea. I mean it’s tea not alcohol after all. You could always just poor a bit of alcohol into the tea yourself =P
Ricky, No it’s isn’t alcohol and no it shouldn’t be strong, but it’s good that it is there. My biggest beef w/ tea is when it’s named after something and there’s something missing in the ingredient list. This happens a lot w/ mojito flavored teas. My local tea shop made their own mojito blend. I love that it has a green base, but there is no rum flavoring! Grrr…
You could always add your rum/vodka/alcohol of choice afterwards. ;)
Jillian- I do occasionally add it for the effect, but IMO I shouldn’t have to add it for the flavor. It should already be there. Southern Comfort added is actually the only way I can drink lapsang souchong:)
I have yet to try honeybush…
I wonder how it compares to rooibos. Green rooibos is definitely better than red rooibos. UMMM! Here’s a thought, how would green rooibos as a base instead of honeybush taste? I mean green rooibos gives more of a tropical feel.
Honeybush is a hundred time better than rooibos IMO, it’s sweeter and lacks that tart, woody quality red rooibos has.
Apparently this tea is supposed to be good iced aswell. I think that’s how I’ll try mine next. :)
This is one of my personal favorites. This was the first blend we created that I thought, I need to enter this into the World Tea Championships. It works beautifully with the honeybush. As Jillian said, the honeybush is similar to rooibos, but sweeter and it doesn’t have that piney/woody aftertaste at all.
I would totally encourage everyone to try this one iced. I think it actually gains a dimension. Same with the Cinnamon Fig Rooibos. I think both of those are just BETTER iced.
Ricky, I’m glad we hit on one that you enjoy. It’s always interesting to me to read the reviews. A lot of times I have to fight the urge to comment on them. I always want to shout, “GGRRRRR!! How can you NOT love that!” LOL. But I’ve realized that tastes really do vary and not everyone is going to love all of our teas (much to my chagrin, let me tell you). But I’m just going to keep working at it, keep churning out more quality blends because good reviews like this one make it all worthwhile.
Oh, and incidentally, I didn’t use green rooibos with this because I have found the green rooibos has such a strong citrus character to it, it is almost like a lemon flavored tea by itself. (Ditto the green honeybush which I think we still have some of; and if you like green rooibos, you should really try some green honeybush (we have it unblended on the site)). Anyway, we did (once upon a time) create a blend with green rooibos and strawberry and the citrus notes of the green rooibos contrasted beautifully with the sweet strawberries. One of these days we will do another, and I am still working on a blend with the green honeybush. We started doing a lemondrop green honeybush and I was not happy with it and threw it out. But we’re going to try again.
I’d love to see more blends with honeybush (of either variety) or green rooibos. Red rooibos is over-used IMO.
I agree with Jillian, honeybush is definitely better than rooibos! And I look forward to trying some of 52teas green rooibos blends. I’ve yet to find a green rooibos that I didn’t like. I’ve never tried it straight, but it is really good blended with fruit and such.
Ha! It’s funny, because it was so delicious that I took my time with this one. I kept sipping it so by the time I was actually done with it, it was basically cold as ice. Err, figuratively speaking…
I was actually wondering why you didn’t comment on people’s posts that go, argh this doesn’t taste good. I imagine you are probably bashing your head going, AHHH WHYYYYY! I mean if you were a chef and someone complained about your food, I’m sure you’d storm out and speak with the customer directly. But! I see your point! Everyone has a different preference when it comes to tea, can’t satisfy everyone. Ahhh, most unfortunate.
Green honeybush!?!? Never knew there was such a thing! Haha, first time I’ve heard of it. Well there’s an idea. Green Honeybush or rooibos blend! Wohooo, put us on the order list.
Green Rooibos, Strawberry, Lemonade? I mean the green rooibos gives it that citrus kick that the lemon already gives. OHHH, raspberry instead of strawberry. Wait…. doesn’t Teavana have something like this? o.O
I’ll leave the blends up to you geniuses.
Ricky I’m so glad to read this. I just ordered this tea for the Groundhog Day special, but was trepidatious. Now I can’t wait for my order to arrive! It’s so neat to hear from them on here and see the thought process that went into a specific blend.
Incidentally, I just posted our new tea of the week, and it is another honeybush blend: Raspberry Cream Cheese Danish Honeybush! http://www.52teas.com
I have no idea why nobody has said “If you like pina coladas….” blah blah haha. Good review, but disappointing you thought the rum “disappeared”
It’s a great tea, hopefully you enjoy it too. Ohhh raspberry cream cheese danish…. now that sounds tasty! No more tea for me! My cupboard needs some emptying.
Well…. I don’t think the rum is a strong aspect of the tea. I mean it’s tea not alcohol after all. You could always just poor a bit of alcohol into the tea yourself =P
Ricky, No it’s isn’t alcohol and no it shouldn’t be strong, but it’s good that it is there. My biggest beef w/ tea is when it’s named after something and there’s something missing in the ingredient list. This happens a lot w/ mojito flavored teas. My local tea shop made their own mojito blend. I love that it has a green base, but there is no rum flavoring! Grrr…
You could always add your rum/vodka/alcohol of choice afterwards. ;)
Jillian- I do occasionally add it for the effect, but IMO I shouldn’t have to add it for the flavor. It should already be there. Southern Comfort added is actually the only way I can drink lapsang souchong:)