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

[serpentstar.livejournal.com]

I really like the Qi range, in general. There seems to be some evidence that green tea and white tea have beneficial effects. Nothing to do with balancing yer Qi though. The term Qi is silly, faintly racist, Orientalism / mysticism. Unless you're doing tai chi, it's irrelevant. Even then: Qi or Chi literaly just means "breath", just like Prana does in yogic practice. I balk at the idea that my Chi/Qi or Prana needs balancing. But I can accept that there are provable benefits to, say, controlling one's breath, as one does in tai chi or yoga. No need for any mystic bollocks. Unless you're selling tea.

Still -- the Qi range is mostly good quality, and does have a good balance, ironically enough, in that they tend to lob just enough other flavours in there to counteract the bitterness of pure green tea or white tea.