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August 25th, 2011 | 
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Category: Herbal
Tea Company: Hampstead Tea (website)
Ingredients: lemon rind, lemongrass and Fairtrade root ginger
Vendor Suggested Preparation: The clear lively flavours of our herbal infusions are best brought out by brewing with freshly boiled, good quality water. Steep one sachet of tea per person for 3-5 minutes and enjoy.
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The smell from the dry teabag is medicinal.
Brewed for 2 minutes, lifted out the tea bag, took a sip and immediately slipped the teabag back into my cup.
I left the teabag in my cup as I drank this herbal tea.
I could taste the ginger more predominately than the lemon peel. As I neared the bottom of my cup, my mouth was alive with ginger!
This tea would be nice drank at bedtime. It is soothing and calming, but not much on taste. This one fell flat for me. I liked it ok, but I would not choose this tea again.
You can purchase the Lemon Ginger directly from the Hampstead Tea website.
Posted in Hampstead Tea, Herbal tea | 
Tags: Bedtime, biodynamic, fairtrade, Flavours, Ginger, Ginger tea, hampstead tea, Herbal Infusions, Herbal tea, Lemon Peel, Lemon Rind, Lemon Tea, Lemongrass, organic, Organic Tea, Quality Water, Root Ginger, Sachet, Sip, Tea Bag, Tea Category, Tea Company, tea review, Tea Website, Teabag | 
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Category of Tea: Green
Tea Company: Rishi (website)
Ingredients: Organic Fair Trade Certified green tea.
Vendor Suggested Preparation: Infuse 1 tablespoon per 5–6 ounces of water. Use 180deg F water. Infuse the first and second infusion for 3–4 minutes and all subsequent infusions for 5 minutes. We also suggest to try this tea brewed a bit stronger, using 2 tablespoons and shorter infusion times.
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Roasted teas are interesting. As a step during the finishing, they are roasted in a manner similar to roasting coffee beans for a short period. This imparts a “nutty’ or “toasted” flavor and scent. (Green teas are usually withered by steam, stir frying (think of a huge wok), or occasionally roasting. Green Needles (Lu Zhen) is a spring harvest (Qing Ming) tea, that is noted as a very brisk and strong tea, unusually so for a green. Roasted teas are sometimes recommended for people trying to move away from coffee.
This tea from the great folks at Rishi, shows a long pine needle shape with a slight curl and whites tips on dark green. There is a fresh, sweet smell to the dry tea.
2.5 tsp (about 6g) tea in 6 oz water @180F in my green Xing for 3 minutes. Tan with hints of red in the cup, with a brothy, nutty nose with a hint of toasted nuts. Nutty, complex, big flavor with a big astringency and a lingering dryness.
This is a very big green tea! My first pass at this tea caught me off guard – much larger personality than the usual greens I drink.
Wet leaves unfold to a leaf and a bud shape expected from this type of tea. Leaf is consistent in size and shape, with almost no broken leaf. A mark of quality I expect from Rishi.
2nd Infusion 185F for 4 min. Nose more typical green, with more roasted nuances, taste nutty and dry. I got 2 more infusions out of this @5 minutes before it washed out.
Wow, this is a big, strong, green tea. This is not the soft, introspective kind of green. This is a strong, energizing tea – reminds me of the energizing effect of Yerba Mate – with a good bold, robust flavor. This is a green for first thing in the morning to get you up and running, or any time you need a pick me up.
You can purchase Rishi Teas Organic Green Needles (Lu Zhen) Roasted directly from their website.
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