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Flavour: Time to Unwind

Ingredients: Lemon balm (43%), chamomile (18%), lime flower (3%), natural strawberry flavouring with other natural flavourings (12%), liquorice root, beetroot, vitamin B12, natural flavouring

Caffeine Factor: Caffeine-free

Organic Ingredients: Unknown

Price Range: Around £3.50

Bags Per Box: 20

Review: It smells like a bunch of flavouring…with a touch of fruit. The flavour isn’t too bad…because you can’t really taste anything. It’s like water…and then a hint of…something. Maybe chamomile. Yet, despite all that, there’s then an aftertaste that really lingers. This might be the addition of B12 – and flavourings. The combination strips your mouth with fakeness. All that said, we’ve had worse and can imagine someone – maybe – enjoying this. We just…no, we won’t be buying it again. There are much better alternatives out there.

Best time of year to drink this: No idea

Best time of day to drink this: Evening / night

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Flavour: Redbush Caramel Velvet

Ingredients: Redbush, caramel flavouring (2.5%), safflowers (1%)

Caffeine Factor: Caffeine-free

Organic Ingredients: Unknown

Price Range: Around £6

Bags Per Box: 15

Review: It smells like rooibos with artificial vanilla. The flavour is also strong on the rooibos, a little creamy, and very sweet…and very fake. For that reason, it’s not for us. However, we can imagine some people liking it. The main issue is the price. It’s so expensive for something that is ultimately a very generic tea with artificial flavouring. It’s not terrible, but we don’t see why anyone would bother. It’s also a total mystery why the safflowers are in this blend or what they’re meant to add to the taste.

Best time of year to drink this: …autumn?

Best time of day to drink this: After lunch or dinner

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Flavour: Inner Strength

Ingredients: Rooibos (83%), maca root (7%), cinnamon (5%), natural honey flavouring with other natural flavourings (2%), natural flavouring, chai spice flavouring (1%)

Caffeine Factor: Caffeine-free (but maca is still an energy booster!)

Organic Ingredients: Unknown

Price Range: Around £4

Bags Per Box: 18

Review: It smells like creamy rooibos…and maybe a little fruity…with a hint of spice. It tastes…gross! Unsurprisingly, it’s completely artificial. That’s what you get when most of the ingredients are flavouring with flavouring with other flavouring. Perhaps it’s named ‘Inner Strength’ because that’s what you need to get through a cup of it…? Definitely an AVOID.

Best time of year to drink this: Never

Best time of day to drink this: Never

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Flavour: Rosy Fig Flavour White Tea

Ingredients: White tea, rose petals (5%), fig, rose and almond flavourings (0.5%)

Caffeine Factor: Caffeinated

Organic Ingredients: Unknown

Price Range: Around £10 for 40g

Review: As you’d hope, it smells rosy and figgy! The flavour is delicious. It’s a smooth white tea with no bitterness and a light rosiness that manages not to taste of perfume. It’s so figgy, too, blending perfectly with the rose petals without being overpowering. Keep in mind that Tulsi doesn’t even like figs – but this is so gentle and delicious. It’s really special – a definite must-have!

Best time of year to drink this: Anytime

Best time of day to drink this: Brunch / afternoon

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Flavour: Nutty Chocolate Flavour Assam Tea

Ingredients: Black tea, cocoa nibs (20%), hazelnut flavouring (8%)

Caffeine Factor: Caffeinated

Organic Ingredients: Unknown

Price Range: Around £2-3

Bags Per Box: 12

Review: It smells like…tea and hazelnut flavouring – really sweet. The taste was surprising. We expected an overwhelming hazelnut flavour, but it’s more like gentle black tea with a subtle sweetness. It doesn’t taste artificial. In fact, it gets nicer with each sip and makes a very pleasant brunch treat.

Best time of year to drink this: Anytime

Best time of day to drink this: Brunch / afternoon

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Flavour: Peppermint & Strawberry

Ingredients: Peppermint (80%), natural strawberry flavouring with other natural flavourings (10%), black peppercorns (5%), natural peppermint flavouring (3%), natural flavouring

Caffeine Factor: Caffeine-free

Organic Ingredients: Unknown

Price Range: Around £2-3

Bags Per Box: 20

Review: The aroma is peppermint…and something weird…and the flavour is almost impossible to put into words. Bear with us here, but it’s like mint…that has strawberry in it…but you can’t taste the strawberry. Then there’s a peppery heat afterwards, which lingers for a long time. Trying again – it’s kind of like an earthy mint leaf with the actual stalk of a strawberry and then a bit of a kick. Really unusual! We’re not sure what we think of it but we love that Twinings did something creative. It’s not bad, but we expect people to be divided. At that price tag, though, it’s worth trying out!

Best time of year to drink this: Summer

Best time of day to drink this: Afternoons

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Flavour: Raspberry & Lemon

Ingredients: Hibiscus, rosehips, blackberry leaves, natural lemon flavouring with other natural flavourings (8%), natural raspberry flavouring with other natural flavourings (7%), rose petals (5%0, lemon peel (5%), liquorice root, natural flavouring

Caffeine Factor: Caffeine-free

Organic Ingredients: Unknown

Price Range: Around £2-3

Bags Per Box: 20

Review: It smells like cleaning products…and it tastes cleaning producty, too. We had to fight to taste any raspberry. The box says there’s ‘a hint of rose petals’ but we found the rose before any fruit, unless you count the horrible citric acid feeling in our throats. Ginger asked, ‘Could it be nicer cold?’ Tulsi said, ‘It’d just be cold cleaning products.’ After a while, Ginger asked, ‘Why am I still drinking this??’

Best time of year to drink this: Summer, if you must

Best time of day to drink this: Afternoons, if you must

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Flavour: Strawberry & Elderflower

Ingredients: Hibiscus, orange leaves, elderflowers (10%), natural strawberry flavouring with other natural flavours (9%), juniper berries (8%), rosehips, orange peel, natural flavouring, liquorice

Caffeine Factor: Caffeine-free

Organic Ingredients: Unknown

Price Range: Around £2-3

Bags Per Box: 20

Review: It smells like hard strawberry sweets, e.g. fruit pastilles / Haribo strawberries. One of us quipped that it’s ‘berry sweet’ – groan. The flavour is very similar to the smell, but with a subtle hint of elderflower cordial. There’s also an interesting earthy flavour, likely from the juniper berries. That might all sound like a vile combination, but it’s quite pleasant. We can imagine it iced in the summer, with fresh mint leaves, although it works as a hot dessert tea, too. And despite all the ‘flavours’, it tastes completely natural. We would happily buy this again…though it should be noted that we apparently had it the wrong way. The box says you have to drink it in a ‘glass mug’!

Best time of year to drink this: Summer, especially

Best time of day to drink this: Afternoons, or after a meal

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Flavour: Dark Caramel

Ingredients: Black tea, toffee flavouring (7%), golden syrup flavouring (5%), flavouring

Caffeine Factor: Caffeinated

Organic Ingredients: Unknown

Price Range: Around £4

Bags Per Box: 40

Review: Take a look at that ingredients list…now, predict what we thought of this blend. The smell is awful – like flavoured instant porridge, when you first open the packet. The taste is intensely sweet – reminiscent of artificial, sugar-free caramel syrup, like you’d add to coffee. In fact, the whole thing is coffee-like…as in, some flavoured concoction you’d get somewhere like Starbucks. Not straight coffee. We’re not marking it an avoid because we imagine there will probably be people out there who like it – but we couldn’t stand it. It has the most yuck aftertaste, as well. Just…no. That one got immediately donated to the office cupboard, where we work.

Best time of year to drink this: Autumn / winter

Best time of day to drink this: Morning / afternoon – not at night

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Flavour: Dark Chai

Ingredients: Black tea, spice flavouring (11%), ginger (10%), cinnamon (8%)

Caffeine Factor: Caffeinated

Organic Ingredients: Unknown

Price Range: Around £4

Bags Per Box: 40

Review: First of all…spice flavouring?? Why not just use real spices? The result of going the artificial route is that almost all you can smell or taste is clove. After just one sip, we couldn’t feel our mouths. It’s medicinal, almost…but also strangely watery, with a hint of black tea at the end. It’s not terrible…but there are definitely better chai options on the market.

Best time of year to drink this: Autumn / winter

Best time of day to drink this: Morning / afternoon – not at night

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