Gail’s Cold Remedy (Organic)

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Green Tea
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Lemon Zest
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185 °F / 85 °C 4 min, 30 sec 9 oz / 266 ml

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  • “I suppose this could be called a sipdown… I stole the last of my roommate’s pouch as… I’m sick again! Wooo. Less than two weeks after nursing a sore throat for 4 days, I have one again. Sigh. At...” Read full tasting note
  • “No idea why I brewed this, but I guess it’s what hit me in the head from cupboard #1 of tea. It’s okay, however yet again I oversteeped it, and so all I’m really getting is lemongrass.. which is...” Read full tasting note
    70
  • “Backlog: This is a delicate tea, but still potent. I definitely recommend HOT (iced was quite nasty), and when you need a lift. I’m still battling a cold and this helps, as well as eased some of my...” Read full tasting note
    69
  • “1.5 tsp for 250mL water, 82 degree water, 4-minute steep. It helps. Any steaming hot beverage will, of course, but I did find the lemon and ginger very soothing. I could not taste the licoreice,...” Read full tasting note

From DAVIDsTEA

Relief is on the way

Gail knows a thing or two about treating a cold. After all, she’s a mom. She says there’s nothing more soothing than a nice warm lemony drink, with a much-needed kick from a little green tea. And moms for thousands of years have been using ginger to soothe sore throats and runny noses. Try adding fresh garlic if you’re really desperate. (MK Kosher)

Ingredients: Organic: Chinese green tea, ginger, lemongrass, lemon myrtle.

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DavidsTea is a Canadian specialty tea and tea accessory retailer based in Montreal, Quebec. It is the largest Canadian-based specialty tea boutique in the country, with its first store having opened in 2008.

22 Tasting Notes

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I suppose this could be called a sipdown… I stole the last of my roommate’s pouch as… I’m sick again! Wooo. Less than two weeks after nursing a sore throat for 4 days, I have one again. Sigh. At least I don’t feel overall terrible, but sore throats are seriously the worst.

Anyways, this tea. Didn’t smell too bad (I was expecting it to be much worse), and surprisingly didn’t taste terrible (and the licorice was pretty mild, not sure I even could taste it), but there was something off about the flavour that I couldn’t place, and didn’t like. It wasn’t objectionable enough that I couldn’t finish the cup, and if I noticed that it helped I would certainly drink it again, but would never choose this as a cup of tea to enjoy. I don’t honestly know if it helped my throat a great deal; I followed it up with other sick-tea mixtures, so it’s tough to tell. I might pick up some Cold 911 (if that’s still around) to try if this thing doesn’t let up…

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C
K S

spraying your post with Lysol… feel better soon!

Kittenna

Probably a good idea! And thanks… hoping I recover quickly.

Terri HarpLady

Gargle salt water! Suck on a clove of garlic! Drink lots of water.
My favorite tea ingredients for sore throat: ginger, echinacea, lemon, honey, elderberry
I hope you feel better soon!

Starfevre

Elderberry syrup!

Indigobloom

and oregano!! that stuff will banish any sickness :D

Kittenna

Thanks guys. Wish I had picked some of that stuff up earlier… definitely pretty sick today, and I just got a bunch of immunizations as well, so am not at all motivated to go sort things out right now.

Indigobloom – I’ve had Oil of Oregano previously. It tasted terrible, even with honey, sigh. Not sure it worked terribly well either, but it was a few years ago.

Terri HarpLady

Bummer that you’re sick, Kittenna :(

Indigobloom

oh yah it tastes awful for sure!! I hate it. So I try to grab the capsules, but it’s more expensive that way and not as easily absorbed.
Get better soooooon!!

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No idea why I brewed this, but I guess it’s what hit me in the head from cupboard #1 of tea. It’s okay, however yet again I oversteeped it, and so all I’m really getting is lemongrass.. which is okay since I like both of these things, just wish I’d picked differently.

Preparation
Boiling 8 min or more

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Backlog:
This is a delicate tea, but still potent. I definitely recommend HOT (iced was quite nasty), and when you need a lift. I’m still battling a cold and this helps, as well as eased some of my migraine last night.

It’s good when you can barely taste anything…but is that really a good thing? IDK – and I don’t know about this one. It’s decent, but I’m not sure if I would buy it again. I definitely prefer Above the Weather.

gmathis

Hope your weather improves soon!

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652 tasting notes

1.5 tsp for 250mL water, 82 degree water, 4-minute steep.

It helps. Any steaming hot beverage will, of course, but I did find the lemon and ginger very soothing. I could not taste the licoreice, which is fine. as I don’t care much for licorice. The tea itself started to get bitter at the 4-minute mark.

It’s hard to rate this one fairly, as I am too congested to taste properly, and as my throat’s got that fire-on-sandpaper thing going. But it did give me a little boost — I just feel a bit happier after drinking it — and who couldn’t use a little extra green tea and ginger in their diet?

Definitely worth a try when miserable, but I’d have gone for the dicontinued Electric Ginger (is that was it was called? a lemon and ginger tea from DavidsTea back in the winter) instead, if I could.

Rating: 75.

Uniquity

La la lemon? I can’t remember if that had ginger though. I feel like there was an Electric Lemon as well. Might even have some of it still in the stash. Hmm…that might help kick my cold out.

heatherwassing

Electric Lemon.
I remember it fondly…

Michelle Butler Hallett

Electric Lemon. Yeah, that was the gear. And it’s not on their Bring It Back From the Dead feature. Weh. (I’m voting for Lemon Cream Pie there.)

Uniquity

I think it is on the Bring it Back from the Dead List. Sort of in the middle right on a smaller sized tombstone.

Michelle Butler Hallett

Wicked! Thanks so much!

Uniquity

I keep switching which one I vote for. Mojito, Backed Apple, Through the Grapevine, Blazing Strawberries? So many to choose! Plus a few that pre-date my time with Davids Tea

heatherwassing

Mojito!? I need to go vote.

Uniquity

Oh man. I would buy so much if mojito came back…

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165 tasting notes

I’ve been feeling a little under the weather for about a week now and a friend of mine recommended that I try this tea. I had a cup of cold 911 yesterday and found that it really cleared my sinuses but didn’t do anything to relieve my other symptoms. The woman at the store even said that she finds it helpful for the nausea that comes along with the flu. As far as smell, i found it to be very similar to detox but for the taste, I found it to have much stronger citrus notes. I really liked how the flavours are balanced and are not competing; after all the last thing you want when you are sick is something really strong! It definitely lived up to its promise as a cold remedy but I can’t see myself reaching for it for the taste alone. As I am using my phone and can’t rate, I will just mention here that I am giving this tea an 80 (taking into consideration both, what it is meant for, and the taste).

Plunkybug

I like Ginger Pu erh or Super Ginger when I’m sick.

MooKiwi

Thanks heather. I haven’t tried either of those yet but will be adding them to my shopping list!

Plunkybug

And actually, I really like Coco Lemon Thai for when I am not feeling well too. It is not as strong as the others, but it is comforting, and again, has a bit of ginger.

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It’s a shame that David’s Tea discontinued this one! I’m glad I stocked up when I had the chance. I’m a huge green tea fan, so add in the fact that I currently have a wicked cold and this was a must drink for me today. I know not everyone is a fan of the taste, and while I don’t think it’s the best tasting tea in the world I definitely don’t mind the flavor. I can definitely taste the lemon, and I find this tea quite soothing when I’m sick. I’m not looking forward to having to find a replacement once my stash runs out.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 5 min, 0 sec

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Spending a cozy night in with my loves with a pot of this all to my myself :)

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This morning I feel a little sore throat! I take this tea I hope this cold gonna be a little on because the last one (a week ago) was kind of hard!

This tea is a good way to try to keep the cold away and the taste is good!!

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 4 min, 15 sec

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So…here it is. I ran out of Dayquil today and I was miserable. I made a cup of this and I really am feeling better…I can breathe and my throat isn’t hurting as much and I feel less like death.

That all being said, I had to treat this like medicine, I could not stand the taste. My tastebuds could be off or it could be the fact that I’ve got chicken soup, bravissimo, and this in front of me and I’m switching between the three, but I found very little pleasure in the taste.

But hey, if it makes me feel better, who cares? It just won’t be one I drink when I’m not sick. The rating is based solely on how it made me feel so much better, and has nothing to do with taste.

Preparation
Boiling 6 min, 0 sec

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I bought a full tin of this tea before DAVIDsTEA came out with Cold 911 and while I never used to mind the taste, over time this one became far less appealing. While it seemed to help stave off a cold that I had coming on, drinking it multiple times a day for almost a week is not a course of action I would recommend with this tea.

It seems that the lemongrass becomes more potent with age, to the point where a friend of mine informed me that the smell alone made it seem like I was drinking Lemon Pledge instead of tea. It’s a shame that the flavour of this one isn’t one that I wish to keep coming back to since, as a cold remedy, it seems to work quite nicely.

If you’re looking for a good cold remedy and darn the taste, then by all means I recommend this one. For people less inclined to drink something that smells like Pledge I would suggest possibly giving this one a pass.

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