With a taste of a poison paradise

[venta]

Today, I am drinking Organic Qi Detox Green Tea. Not because I feel that my qi (or indeed any other part of me) is particularly toxic, but because the list of ingredients made it sound like it might be nice.

The box says it has "the fresh taste of orange and lemon". Actually, what sold it to me was the peppermint, ginger and fennel in the ingredients list.

Having finished my first mugful, I can confirm that the actual flavour of the tea is "the inside of a health food shop".

Comments

[marjory.livejournal.com]

I'm back trying to limit/eliminate caffeine again, so I've been hitting the herbal teas.- Twinings and Pukka are pretty good IMHO, depending on one's expectations going in. Most others appear to confirm my hitherto held observation of either warm, soapy water with a hint of bath cube or rosehippy water with a hint of vinegar.

Pukka Love Tea works with nary a whiff of slowly decaying mung beans and tiger nuts.

[venta.livejournal.com]

My recommendation for tea-alternative drinks is slices of lemon in hot water. If racy, add slices of fresh ginger. Certainly way better than the tastes-of-nowt-but-catches-your-throat lemon-and-ginger teabags.

[exspelunca.livejournal.com]

Where did you and I have that wonderful "tea" with chunks of fresh lemon and fresh ginger when we'd expected the usual tastes-of-nowt? C# House?