Tea: Stress Reliever
Type: Herbal Tea
Packaging: Loose Leaf
Company: Georgia Tea Company
Purchase: Click the image below
Description: mistletoe, bean peels, St. John's wort, birch leaves, ginkgo leaves, nettle leaves, lemongrass, flavoring.
Steep Information:
Amount: 3 heaping plastic lunch teaspoons
Water: ~12 ounces hot water spigot
Tool: kati loose tea system (my Review here.)
Steep Time: a little over 5 minutes (using Steep.It)
Served: Hot
Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: lemongrass
Steeped Tea Smell: lemongrass, vegetal
Flavor: bitter, sour, medicinal
Body: Full
Aftertaste: bitter
Liquor: translucent orange-brown
I won these teas in a contest that was run by Dan on Steepster that was great fun, and got me tea prizes! Dan will be running the contest monthly, so keep an eye out!
I find the labels on the tea samples to be perfect, they include the company name, tea name, tea type, and steeping directions. I have been informed that the samples that you buy on the web site, or any teas purchased on the site, will come in food safe, plastic lined, kraft bags which keep light out and keep the tea fresh for about 4-5 months. Tea is best stored in tins which are not clear and air tight, since light activates the steeping process and moisture as well. The sample bags I received were about 2-3 cups each, where purchased samples are larger.
I am playing a game with the samples, see this post for details. This was #3
BLEH lemongrass, vegetal, bitter, medicinal, I couldn't finish the cup.
Rating: 1/4 leaves
Leaf system:
1=Bleh! not again if it were free
2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options
3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out
4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing
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