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A solidly good Earl Grey that I enjoy drinking. Wish it had a little more bergamot.

The aroma for the teabag and the steeping aroma is heavenly! I just wish it had a stronger pomegranate flavor. I am going to look for this in a bulk loose leaf to try that; I have just one sampler tea bag right.

Really like this tea! It’s not showy, but it is what I expect from Earl Grey. Perhaps a bit more bergamot? I am drinking this every morning now, competing with my husband.

This tea has willow bark in it, which according to WebMD (and many other sources) contains the chemical Salicin. Salicin is similar to aspirin. That being said, it really has no flavor except mint. It has nana mint in it, which apparently has medicinal properties too. I really just can’t get into this tea because of its lack of flavor and aroma! It also leaves an odd taste or sensation on my tongue; could it be the Salicin? I’m generally not sensitive to aspirin, but then, I also don’t take very much. AT LEAST IT DOESN’T HAVE STEVIA IN IT! Wouldn’t drink this again.

We bought this tea after having afternoon tea at the Wisteria Tea Room in Fort Myers, FL. This was a selection by my husband. I have been clearing out old teas or questionable teas to make way for new ones I want to try. This one was still hanging around, so I made a cup this morning. Honestly, I did not entirely care for the aroma which was rooibos. The first tasting note I experienced was alcohol, and then an artificial taste. The tea has “natural flavors” so that has to be it. I am keeping it for my husband to retry when he gets home….

This is one of the better tasting detox teas, but that’s not a very high bar! I just used the last tea bag; I’m not buying any more, and I probably won’t buy any more green rooibos or tea with fennel (at least it’s not the dread licorice root). Just isn’t that great. I really did like the fact that it came in a dark-colored glass jar for freshness.

I bought this tea a couple of years ago and just didn’t drink it. One or two cups, maybe. I just made up a cup and after the first sip I had an allergic reaction. Tongue burning and swelling, nasty taste on my tongue and a feeling my tongue was coated with something. Why do tea manufacturers insist on cheating on the ingredients and putting in chemicals? It also has licorice root, another “cheater ingredient.” Into the trash it goes (I will recycle the metal can). I will taste my other teas from Republic of Tea but i don’t expect much. Thank goodness I moved on to better quality tea.

I bought this about 2 years ago and stopped using it. I just made a cup. There is something in the flavor and aroma that I strongly dislike; it could be the green rooibos or it could be the licorice root. I try to avoid licorice root as chronic use can cause glycyrrhizin to accumulate in the body, according to some sources, and can cause elevated blood pressure and elevated cortisol levels. I’m not a medical researcher so I have no idea if that is true or not, but just disliking it is enough to toss it. I am now careful to not buy ANY tea with licorice root, because, that’s really a cop out in making the tea sweeter instead of using other more expensive ingredients to increase the flavor.

I bought this tea a couple of years ago; I drank some, then stopped. I am going through my teas right now and ejecting those I really didn’t care for to make room for more. o give each tea a fair shot, I make 1-2 cups. I just made this one and it’s sitting next to me. There is an ingredient that I can smell that is making me nauseous, and I really wish I knew what it was so I didn’t ever buy it again. It says it is organic but has natural lemon flavoring. I will assume that what is bothering me is one of the herbs OR the green rooibos. At any rate, out it goes. Ugghh.

I recently found this tea where it had been forgotten for some time; fortunately it was in a Teavana zippered pouch. I’m drinking it as I write. It’s light, vegetal, grassy, and very refined. Even though it’s a few years old, it has held up well. And no artificial or “natural” flavorings in this one; just pure green tea. Lovely.