Strange VariaTEA TTB #15
How can you resist a tea with a name like this? Sadly, this tea does NOT put me in a sunny mood. :( Though it’s labeled a black tea, the base is primarily rooibos. And honestly? That’s ALL I taste. I can see from the ingredients list that there’s a lot more going on here, but whether due to the age of the sample or my brewing preparation, or just my own sensitivity to rooibos, all I’m picking up on is that woody, medicinal rooibos flavor that I despise. Hopefully someone else will enjoy this one more than I did!
Flavors: Medicinal, Rooibos, Wood
Preparation
Boiling
4 min, 0 sec
1 tsp
12 OZ / 354 ML
Ugh! How disappointing! I would be very upset if I thought I had a black tea and mostly got red rooibos.
I know, right? Should have known from looking at the dry leaf, though…it’s maybe 10% black tea to 90% rooibos.