Flavour: Strawberry & Mint

Ingredients: Hibiscus, dried apples, peppermint (15%), strawberry flavouring, dried strawberries (2%)

Caffeine Factor: Caffeine-free

Organic Ingredients: Unknown

Price Range: £5

Bags Per Box: 15

Our Review: The overriding smell is…elderberries…even though there aren’t any in the blend. Maybe it’s the flavouring? We also get some mint, but…no strawberry at all. The taste is basically hibiscus mixed with mint – again, no strawberry. There’s also a hit of feet (flavouring) and something that’s gone off…like it’s sat in a cupboard a long time. It’s not an ‘avoid’ but it’s also not pleasant. Some people might like it…but we thought it was pretty yuck. There’s just no need for artificial flavouring, guys – when will people learn!?

Best time of year to drink this: Summer

Best time of day to drink this: Afternoon

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Flavour: Cranberry and Pomegranate

Ingredients: Hibiscus, dried apples, rosehips, liquorice root, lemon peel, cranberry flavouring, dried cranberries (2%), pomegranate flavouring, dried pomegranate seeds (1%)

Caffeine Factor: Caffeine-free

Organic Ingredients: 100%

Price Range: £4

Bags Per Box: 15

Our Review: Three Tulsi’s mother gave this to us, on the grounds that she doesn’t care for most fruit tisanes, but she figured we’d be interested for this blog.  Lesson learned: DON’T ACCEPT PEOPLE’S TEA DISCARDS.

It sat around for a while.  Then one day, Three Tulsi offered to make her husband a cup of tea.  She decided to surprise him with a flavour chosen from the cupboard at random.  She made this infusion.  Her husband took one sip, made a face like he’d just tasted something rancid, and pushed aside his cup, not to be touched again.  Three Tulsi tried hers and did the same.

Finally, we decided to review it for this blog.  We’re not really sure what this smells of, other than disgusting.  As for the taste, there’s an initial yuck, and then it’s very tart.  Then there’s nothing except a slight acidic lingering.  Oh, and a strange taste of sawdust.

It’s worth mentioning that by the time we reviewed this one, the box had gone missing in the process of Three Tulsi trying to get rid of the tea by passing it on to other unsuspecting victims.  All we had was a single labelled tea pyramid.  This led to an extensive internet search for the list of ingredients, but with no results – not just for the ingredients, but for the tea itself.  Marks & Spencer seem to have  erased all traces of this blend from internet history.  That says it all, doesn’t it?  But it’s good news for you: you won’t make the mistake of buying it, because it’s been pulled off the market!

On a more positive note, when we emailed Marks & Spencer to request the ingredients list, a lovely young customer services gentleman came back to us with the answer within two hours.  This response was followed with a request to review his service.  We’ll be giving him top marks.  We will NOT be giving top marks to this tea.

Best time of year to drink this: NEVER

Best time of day to drink this: NEVER

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