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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’m more than willing to pay a little more for tea somewhere if it’s prepared the way I like it by someone else because that says a lot. For example, the closest place (that I’m currently aware of) I can get matcha sells it for $2.50, but it’s so good there!

Well $2.50 for matcha is a pretty decent price in my opinion. I mean a packet of Rishi’s matcha is about $2. An ounce of matcha is close to $20 at some places.

Yeah Rishi’s (which the one at the cafe was actually) is way over priced.

@Cofftea, what’s the best cheap (under $20/oz) matcha you’ve tried?

Bethany, O-cha’s Kiri no Mori and Den’s Tea’s Kaze are both excellent. But hands down is 52teas mandarin matcha which unfortunately is sold out. I do not like anything banana flavored, but even I have high hopes for the rumored banana matcha coming from them (hopefully soon).

Wow, I think our tongues must be polar opposites…I like the mandarin matcha (I bought the last 2 packs) but it’s quite bitter and not as sweet or good as some of the other brands I’ve tried. I bought it because it’s cheap and tastes interesting, and I mostly mix it in my hot cocoa.

Bethany, Kiri no Mori is a pretty good starting point.

Shanti, you bought 2 right away? That’s a brave move! I; however don’t taste the bitterness at all. I also don’t compare it to other brands because it’s flavored and I haven’t tried any other flavored matchas.

I agree Rishi’s was very overpriced. I enjoyed my O-cha’s matcha a lot more.

I’ll have to give Den’s a try sometime. What! Shantea bought the last two packs!?!? That’s evil! I was hoping to get one from the groundhog day sale!

Muahahahaha, yes, this is Shanti’s evil twin, Shantea, who likes to buy up the last packets of tea before anyone else gets them! :-)

I think the Mandarin Matcha tastes “good” in that it has the interesting orange flavor, but it’s more bitter than some of the other matchas I’ve tried. I don’t know if I’d recommend it over something like Kiri no Mori.

Yeah she’s such a hoarder! LOL I can say that Shanti, because when I bought mine I would have bought all 7 that were left at the time if I had the $. LOL. Enjoy them! And make some for your friends!:) I made some for a friend and she loved it.

Well one is a flavored matcha and one is a plain =P It’s like apples and oranges!

Evil twin Shantea, bring back Shanti! You already bought $50 worth of Adagio stuff =P You don’t need more tea! Hey! Weren’t you the one who told me you didn’t need more tea? Make some matcha for Wendy =P

I can’t imagine a matcha more sweeter than Mandarin… I think that’d almost make me sick.

LOL! I know!!! I’m horrible :) now I have a whole box of those Adagio loose leaf samples that need to be tried for the first time, AND a bunch of g-d matcha! DAMN YOU SHANTEA!!!

shakes fist violently at Shantea!

Bring back Shanti! …… or send your cupboard this way!

Oh…it’s a different sweetness. As in, sweeter, creamier, and less bitter—not fructose like the mandarin evokes.

Ugh, I hope you feel better soon. When I’m sick mint helps me with the stomach cramps and ginger helps with the nausea I’ve found.

Thanks! After dying for tea days, I’m better, but I have to watch myself. On to raid the cupboard to see what I can dig up! If only I had some White Ginger from GM at the moment. Oh if only!

Sorry to hear the food monster gave you the bug. I hope you know what caused it… so as to avoid it in the future. I feel for you. :(

That’s a pretty high score for not liking it:)

65 is a standard score I give for tea that’s good quality, but I don’t really like =]

True, I’m going by the fact that the smiley is at 67… a bad placement for it IMO.

Supposedly it’s supposed to be similar to japanese greens. I think that’s just the funky radioactive colour. I haven’t picked out apricots in it though. Finding flavours like that in plain teas is difficult for me. I can seldomly get past ‘fruity’ or ‘sweet’. I’ll have to try and remember to search for it the next time.

Well Steepster sets 0 as =X, 35 as =/, 65 as =), 100 as =D. It’s hard to place things accordingly. You’d think 50 is normally =|.

It just reminded me of Apricot Green which I hated. It’s not hard to detect a taste you don’t like =P. If someone gave me anything with a hint of white cucumber, I’d be like yackkkkkk =P

I’m with ya Ricky on the ratings. Sometimes even if you don’t like a tea you have to keep in mind that there are other factors that still make you prefer it over, say, Lipton or something. So while Lipton might earn a 30 or a 40, this one might not.

YAY! I’m glad you liked it too. :) It’s true I’ve been coincidentally including it in a couple of swaps recently. :) Sadly my supply has run out.
And you put a picture on it too! (I’m generally WAY too lazy to do that)

It’s so sad, a lot of my teas have been vanishing as well! It’s sad to see a good tea go. Haha, now it doesn’t do this tea justice without the photo of the berries. =] The site was a hassle, I couldn’t read it at first then I found the nice little English button, but I had trouble browsing through it.

Yeah, I’m not a fan of their webshop design. It’s a bit difficult finding stuff until you figure out the system. It’s such a shame that it’s so expensive to have them ship abroad because I’ve been really pleased with their teas, and I’m definitely getting a new supply of this one.

What’s the general shipping cost from them?

AFAIR regular danish postage charge. I paid about $25, I think, to send the TTB across the water and it weighed about 600g or so, and then I don’t know whether or not you risk extra expenses for taxes and customs and such, which can be a problem for me when ordering from outside the EU.

There should be a contact form somewhere or other on their website, so you could try sending them a message.

Or, if all else fails, maybe we can figure out a trade. You buy something for me, I buy something for you. ;)

Woah, that’s a lot for shipping. But it’s soooo delicious! Haha trying the rest of your delicious tea at the moment =P

I must have really messed up when I brewed my sample. Mine was very blah.

What was the temperature / steep time?

I’m getting more disappointed w/ them w/ each review. :(

Have you tried yours yet?

I would… except that I haven’t gotten it lol.

Woah, haha, mail really takes forever to get to you. What does the tracking say?

I’m glad you asked! I just checked and apparently it was delivered on the 25th???

Which was the same day I received it! Umm, so where is it?

I have absolutely no clue…