Posts Tagged ‘Raspberries’
September 5th, 2011 | 
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Category: Green
Tea Company: Rishi Tea (website)
Ingredients: Organic green tea, organic raspberry, organic Fair Trade Certified hibiscus and natural raspberry flavor.
Vendor Suggested Preparation: Water: 180°F / Leaves: 1 tablespoon per 8 oz / Infusion Time: 3-4 minutes
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Smell from the bag is sweet, ripe raspberries.
I followed the directions on the sample packet: empty entire contents of bag into 8 ounces of boiling water and steeped 5 minutes.
Ahh, isn’t that pretty? Pink tea with fruit notes. But where is the green tea? The raspberries seem to overpower the tea base.
This brew is tart and tangy. It makes me feel like I am drinking hot Kool Aid. I don’t understand how Rishi can call this green tea. I taste no tea at all.
I tried for a resteep and was forced to pour out the hot pink mess. All I could taste is hot water and even that was not very good.
This should have been tagged as an herbal tea, then I might have liked it better. But with the mention of green tea on the bag and then not being able to taste the green tea base, I am left to say that this tea is not very good.
You can purchase the Organic Fair Trade Raspberry directly from the Rishi Tea website.
Posted in Green tea, Rishi Tea | 
Tags: Boiling Water, Fruit Notes, Green tea, Herbal tea, Hot Water, Infusion, Kool Aid, Natural Raspberry Flavor, Organic Tea, Pink Tea, Raspberries, Raspberry, raspberry tea, rishi tea, Tablespoon, Tea Bag, Tea Category, Tea Company, tea review, Tea Website, Time 3 | 
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Category of Tea: Herbal
Tea Company: Tea Forte (website)
Ingredients: hibiscus, rosehip, apple, blackberry leaves, raspberries, orange peel, flavoring, citric acid
Vendor Suggested Preparation: Steep for 5 minutes, 208°F For stronger flavor, steep longer
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“Luscious, succulent raspberries highlight this ruby red hibiscus flower infusion. Pleasantly tart and extraordinarily sweet.”
Well, that about says it all! Tea Forte has become one of my favorite go-to tea companies for robust tasting teas. So far, they have not disappointed on any of the teas I have tried, and this one is no exception.
The second I put the unique (and quite neat!) pyramid shaped tea bag into the water, a bloom of red spread throughout the water, so deeply red I had to check myself for cuts! Then the scent hit me, and I knew without a shadow of a doubt that this was a raspberry tea I was about to indulge in.
Forget the ingredients list, this is purely raspberry, through and through. A tangy, mildly sweet taste of raspberries straight off the vine filled my mouth at the first sip, and lingered long after I licked every drop out of the cup! If you are not a raspberry fan, then this is not for you, as there is no doubt this is all raspberry, and nothing but the raspberry!
There is not much more to say, other than, again, Tea Forte delivers. I do have to say, that it is a little high in the price range for the bagged tea, so go loose if you are going to purchase it directly from Tea Forte. For my money, this is one I would actually consider stocking the cupboard with, as I can imagine that as an iced tea, it would be just as good as it is a hot tea, and a perfect refreshing drink for a hot summers day.
You can purchase Tea Forte Raspberry Nectar directly from their website.
Posted in Herbal tea, Tea Forte |
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