Ginger Berry Crisp

Tasting with children. Daughter (8) says: Smells like gingerbread. And has a bit of wine. (No I do not give this child wine) It’s really good. I taste the ginger.

Dry aroma: The ginger is very strong with this one. The dark side will instantly be repelled by its strength. Slight berry and citrus notes as well.
Wet leaves while infusing: High in ginger. Also reminds me of the ginger they give you at Asian restaurants.
Flavor: Tangy and zingy! Mix this with other medicinal herbs and you’ve got yourself a potent feel better drink. The berry plays lightly in the back while the ginger punches your tongue. Overall interesting but mainly a bit too weird for my taste.

I really like this one! It totally does remind me of a mixed berry crisp with a gingery spiced topping. It’s maybe blueberry-esque from the elderberry? But the slight tartness from the hibiscus gives a bit more dimension. It is sweet, but not overly so, and it doesn’t taste flat like a lot of the other maple-heavy teas tend to.

A shame that this is no longer around… :(

I really liked the ginger berry crisp! It has hibiscus in it, but I think Deb only added it to give it a beautiful, bright colour as opposed to tartness. I do not really taste the hibiscus (which is a good thing for me since I prefer my teas to be sweeter than tart)

It smells like berries and ginger. I steeped this with boiling water, and after sipping it, I think it also tastes a bold ginger with some berries added into it. I tried this with honey, and it really amplified the flavour.

I think this is a tea I could definitely see myself repurchasing. It is very warm and soothing.

Having the last of this sample sent by VariaTEA! This smells berry like and delicious! The flavor in the sip is tart and light, but at the end and in the finish the flavors brighten significantly. The berry flavor is strong, full, crisp and sweet, but there is something baked in there too. The ginger is pretty mellow and plays a supporting role to the berry. The hibiscus is pretty tame in this cup and is only in the sip. I don’t recall what I thought of this the first time I had it, but I’m digging it tonight! It’s very well blended.

Loved revisiting this tea earlier in the week. Definitely was giving me a lot of Cranberry Gingerale vibes, but that’s soooo not a bad thing. Cranberry Gingerale may just be my favourite soda and I look forward to the seasonal release every fall! Only difference here is that there’s a little more of a dense brown sugar like sweetness to the finish, but similar ginger heat level and tart and bright cranberry notes – from the hibiscus, in this case.

My anxiety has been really bad lately. And with my bad anxiety, my blood pressure has been pretty bad. So, I am currently in the process of monitoring my blood pressure to let my doctor know what’s up. However, the high readings are freaking me out even more and so my anxieties are going a bit insane. That means my brain just won’t shut off.

However, living in Canada, there is something available to me to help with this situation temporarily…weed. Yay! My brother-in-law went to a dispensary to pick some stuff up for me to try. While there, they recommended a dissolvable powder that is a mix of both CBD and THC. So he picked that up and told me I could just put it in my tea. That’s where we are at.

I made this and was shocked by how odorless the powder is. Then I took a tiny sip and I could taste the weed. However, when I am actually drinking this, it smells like the tea and tastes like the tea and then there is just a weed flavor in the aftertaste. It is quite odd. So I get ginger and I get berries and then I get weed and all of that is pretty sweet thanks to the crisp element.