Brand: Taylors Flavour: Green Tea with Strawberry & Vanilla Ingredients: Sencha Green Tea, Natural Straberry Flavouring with Other Natural Flavours (15%), Natural Vanilla Flavouring (5%) Caffeine Factor: Caffeine-free Organic Ingredients: 100% Price Range: £2-3 Bags Per Box: 20

Review: This is one of the strangest lists of ingredients we've ever seen on a box of tea.  They can throw in the word 'natural' all they want, but it comes down to one thing: this is green tea with flavouring, and that means it's NOT natural.

The smell is intensely sweet, like a fairy cake.  A really synthetic one, not even homemade.

And the taste is just as sweet, with a horribly tart aftertaste.  There's a shock of strawberry at first, and then it's all hibiscus.  We can't imagine what the makers were thinking.

You'd expect with green tea as a base, there would be some hint of bitterness, or even a hint of tea.  But we couldn't taste it - nor could we taste the vanilla.  This was all fruit and children's sweets.

You get used to it, after a while, but it's definitely not a favourite.  And if you want hibiscus tea, there is a seemingly endless variety on the market, many of which are far better, and are actually natural.

Best time of year to drink this: Summer

Best time of day to drink this: Afternoons, if you desperately crave sweets

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