There’s been a few times on Oolong Owl I dip into diet and detox teas. Today’s tea review is of a detox tea line from Teatoxy – three herbals teas.
I’m not into the whole detox thing. I’m more of a “get healthy by attempting to eat less cookies and lift heavy weights or sweat in brazillian jiujitsu class” kind of weight loss person. With that said, I’m just going to review the flavor of these herbal teas. I imagine if you are going to drink tea in larger amounts on a regular schedule it should taste good.
I have the whole current lineup from Teatoxy – Teatoxy Morning, Teatoxy Energize and Teatoxy Calm me.
The kit came with a really cute silicone strawberry shaped tea infuser! The Tea Owls had fun swinging it around like a kettle bell!
Tasting of Teatoxy Detox Tea
Teatoxy Morning is made of organic lemongrass, rose hips,peppermint, apple, rooibos, blackberry leaf, hibiscus and marigolds. The dry leaf smells great with a nice refreshing peppermint lemongrass scent! The herbal is chunky with big lemongrass strips, cups of rose hips and hibiscus petals.
After a 6 minute infusion with boiling water, Teatoxy Morning steeped up a pretty red orange color, smelling like those fruity mint throat candies. I don’t know about you, but that minty fruit scent has a nice comfort feel to it.
Teatoxy Morning sips in with moderate hibiscus-rose hip-fruity-floral tartness. Mid sip the sweet lemon mint sets in and makes the mouth taste really refreshing. The aftertaste is a wonderfully fresh lemon flavor. The tart of this tea blend is drinkable, 5/10 Tart, but would taste pretty good with some sugar. I love the refreshingness of Teatoxy Morning, and I enjoy the contrast of tart and mint. This herbal blend tastes great iced and sweetened, by the way, especially if you love iced rosehips and hibiscus.
Teatoxy Energize is a blend of Thai lemongrass, pandan leaves, Moroccan rose petals, bluechai and lavender. Dry leaf is interesting with its herby plant scent, but with a gorgeous, chunky flower buds and green fat ribbons.
This looks cool!
Teatoxy Energize steeps up, after 8 minutes of boiling water, a very dark blue. Were you expecting blue? I was, since I’ve had bluechai before.
Teatoxy Energize has a bamboo celery vegetal smooth, dry hay herb notes with a lemongrass finish. The herbal blend has a refreshing aftertaste. This herbal tea is quite unique and would be perfect for someone wanting a herbal that wasn’t floral, tart or mint.
Teatoxy Calm Me has German hops, Thai hibiscus, marigolf, peppermint, cornflower, goji berry, and lemon slices. The dry leaf is even more chunky than Teatoxy morning – big hibiscus and lemon chunks overtop confetti of various thin flower petals. The scent is more minty than Teaoxy Morning.
Teatoxy Calm Me states to do a 3 to 10 minute infusion. For more benefits, a longer steep is best, but the hop can make the flavor become bitter. Challenge Accepted!
Teatoxy Calm Me steeped a classic dark red hibiscus red with a sweet hibiscus floral scent.
After a 3 minute infusion, wowee that’s tart! Teatoxy Calm blasts you with lots of hibiscus and lemon flavor that it is so tart, it is like it’s on fire. The mint finish puts out the tart fire. I’ll give Teatoxy a 7/10 on the Tart Meter – an instant pucker.
For the 10 minute steep flavor is a bit different. It has even more hibiscus lemon tart, 9/10 on the Tart Meter, over a dry, savory background, with a bitter herby mint aftertaste. Thankfully the most of the dryness mostly evaporates after each sip, but after each sip my teeth and throat are quite dry, 7/10 Astringency. This herbal blend reminds me of an intentionally sour beer I had once with the sour and savory thing going on. I’m not sure how this is a calming blend because this woke me right up with the tart! However, I have to sip it in short sips in order to tolerate the tart. This needs sugar!
With sugar, this is more hibiscus fruity floral sweet, but with a mix of herbal, savory, steamed mint, grassy and a little bitter flavor. I’d recommend this tea at the 3 minute steeping mark with sugar – iced even better! The 10 minute hot brew turns too dry, bitter and tart.
Comments
If you love tart hibiscus, rosehip, mint and colourful herbal teas, but sure to check out Teatoxy! After first trying these teas, I’ve been making them iced and enjoying them.
Teatoxy Morning was my favorite and had lots of great things going on for freshness and a tasty level of tart. Teatoxy Energize was very unique and a fun herbal for the lovely blue color. Teatoxy Calm Me was the weaker of the three, the hops was an neat element, but added bitter savory flavor to the mix if steeped too long. If you enjoy the flavor of hops, you will probably enjoy Teatoxy Calm Me more.
Sweet blue tea!
(tea provided for review)
