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Flavour: Mu Tea

Ingredients: Mu tea blend (orange peel, liquorice root, peony root, cinnamon, ginger, peach kernels, rehmannia root, ginseng, cloves, moutan bark, coptis rhizome)

Caffeine Factor: Caffeine-free

Organic Ingredients: Unknown

Price Range: £4.50 for 20 bags

Review: We were very excited about this one, being a traditional blend in China. We were especially excited at seeing less common ingredients in that list, like peony root. The aroma was promisingly unusual – a little bitter, with a hint of spice. Sadly, the flavour was a little nondescript. There are likely different ways of blending these ingredients together. In this batch, the liquorice stood out the most, making it overly sweet – but with an edge of bitterness as it went down the throat, likely from all those roots and rhizomes. Overall, for us, it ‘tastes like it’s good for you’ and it’s a little boring. No doubt Chinese tea masters could point us in the direction of a much more impressive variety of the same blend – let us know in the comments if you’ve ever tried any!

Best time of year to drink this: Anytime

Best time of day to drink this: Morning / afternoon (it has ginseng and will wake you right up)

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