Today's Tea is.....

The Republic of Tea's brand called Earth Tea - Rainforest.
Technically, not a tea it is a tisane which we have spoken of before in this blog.
This brand from reading the ingredients list has roobios in it, but like I discussed in Rainbow of Tea down at the "Red Tea", Roobios is not a native to the Camillia Sinesis family that true tea is. It is a plant from the area of South Africa, called Capetown. It is a woody herb...sort of, but definitely not a tea.

The other ingredients are Allspice berries, birch bark, cinnamon, pau d' arco, star anise, natural vanilla, mace, anise seed and blackberry.
Pau d'arco is a tree that grows in South America, it has for centuries been known for its medicinal qualities.
There are a total of 36 Unbleached tea bags in a beautifully decorated tin. Unfortunately, I cannot drink the tin, because the price was HIGH!

The tea itself was a rather light brew with a definite spice scent. The problem was my own in that I didn't read the labelling BEFORE I purchased the item. I truly was expecting a true tea. Not one to let 10 dollars just slip through my hands, I took the next bag, broke it apart and put its contents inside my french press for one to which I added a tsp of black loose leaf tea.
MUCH better. This is what I was hoping for from the beginning. A nice color and scent to which a taste was like a spicy green tea.

Well, I started this as a critique of my newest tea, but ended with a new recipe! That's good right? I wonder what the folks at The Republic of Tea would think about my revamping of their tea...who cares, it is an improvement.
Well that is it for today, I am going to try really hard to make a post tomorrow although I have a full schedule of errands to run and a lunch date so I am going to say I will try very hard to supply another post before Saturday...This is for the benefit of my sibling and my close friends on the web who worry about me when I am not posting everyday, you bunch of worry warts, I love you too!

Brightest Tea Blessings.
Saphyre