Description: Ladies and gentlemen, step right up and get a taste of our revitalizing, tantalizing, exhilarating, invigorating tonic. Put some zip in your sip with tart and tangy hibiscus, rosehips, lemongrass and immortality-boosting goji berries. But that’s not all! We’ve harnessed the power of the legendary sea buckthorn wonder-berry, prized for centuries in Chinese, Indian and Tibetan medicine. You’ve got to see it to believe it folks, so get your hands on a cup today.
Ingredients: Apple, rosehip, hibiscus, lemongrass, sea buckthorn, goji berries, natural sea buckthorn flavouring
How to Brew: 1.25 tsp 96°C/205°F 5-7 min
(From DAVIDsTEA: Redberry Tonic)
Steph's Thoughts:
I stopped by DT today to pick up something new. The lovely and always effervescent Claire (I really hope I got your name right!) guided me to this tea. It's one of the new teas that DT has brought to market.
Apparently, it's very very healthy, as it's all-natural. Sea buckthorn (or hippophae) is supposed to aid in digestion (always good for me!), has very high concentration of vitamin C, and can also be used as a skin softener. I was also told that if you don't intend to resteep the leaves, you can use the brewed leaves as a facial mask.
Hippophae is also currently under research to test its effectiveness in treating inflammatory disorders as well as in cancer treatments, especially relating to bone marrow. According to Wikipedia, it's been used in traditional Chinese medicines for eons. AND - get this - research has proven that hippophae rhamnoides (common sea buckthorn) leaf tea reduces high-fat diet-induced obesity (in mice.... BUT STILL! HOW COOL IS THAT?!).
It steeps a vibrant red colour, most likely due to the hibiscus and rosehips. The smell reminds me very much of a very ripe, dark red apple. I wonder if the apple is a red delicious, because it's giving off a very red-delicious-y smell.
I've chosen to try this cold, and it's very refreshing. The hibiscus cuts through, but you can't taste the lemongrass at all. It's a little on the tart side, but not in a negative way. I could see making popsicles with this one with no sweetener at all. You could also make a cocktail out of it by adding gin or vodka, but I'm perfectly happy without.
There isn't quite as much ZING with this one as with some of the other hibiscus teas, which is good. It's a little more mellow.
All in all, it's a good summer tea. Hubby suggests it might make a good TeaPop; I'm inclined to agree, though I think you'd want to add a bit of sweetener if you were doing so. If you drink it straight, it doesn't require any sweetener at all.
Verdict: Yum. The hubby calls it "palatable." I think he's just tired and can't appreciate it.
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