What Herbal Are You Drinking

[John_B]

Steepster has been pretty dead for a few years. I would check it once in awhile up to a year or so ago, less this year, and there were still people lurking around, but minimal discussion activity. It's hard to say how many people were still using it for reviews; maybe a good number, or maybe not many.

All the groups or sites seem to experience a life-cycle and later decline. More activity has centered on Instagram and meetup or interview variations for awhile, than any form of group or forum. The one Discord server is active and that's about it, and it probably helps to be in your early 20s to feel like that's a good social theme fit.

[LeoFox]

Some 8 treasure tea from seven cups. It's pretty nice- and I wish I had one of those big gaiwans meant for sipping out of - which is the proper vessel for this kind of thing.

Blend includes nine herbs: jujube date, longan, goji, ginseng, hawthorn fruit, tangerine peel, chrysanthemum, Chinese licorice, and young bamboo leaf. 

[mbanu]

Some 8 treasure tea from seven cups. It's pretty nice- and I wish I had one of those big gaiwans meant for sipping out of - which is the proper vessel for this kind of thing.

Blend includes nine herbs: jujube date, longan, goji, ginseng, hawthorn fruit, tangerine peel, chrysanthemum, Chinese licorice, and young bamboo leaf. 

Nice! I tried that one as well, but I think my brewing was off or I ordered at the wrong time -- the first tea from them I'd received that I suspected might be stale. If they have new stock in, maybe I will give it another go.

[LeoFox]

Some 8 treasure tea from seven cups. It's pretty nice- and I wish I had one of those big gaiwans meant for sipping out of - which is the proper vessel for this kind of thing.

Blend includes nine herbs: jujube date, longan, goji, ginseng, hawthorn fruit, tangerine peel, chrysanthemum, Chinese licorice, and young bamboo leaf. 

Nice! I tried that one as well, but I think my brewing was off or I ordered at the wrong time -- the first tea from them I'd received that I suspected might be stale. If they have new stock in, maybe I will give it another go.

Didn't think it was stale in my case Was able to steep it many many times all day with decent flavor

[teatray]

Valentine's Herb Garden from Sazen (Rose, Chrysanthemum, Cherry, Butterfly-pea). Looks interesting due to the blue component, tastes a bit meh, though most notes are pleasant enough.

[TeaGrove]

Wild violet tea.

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A nicer experience to pick the flowers than to drink the flowers for sure.

[mbanu]

Had a chance to try some alfalfa-mint tea today -- maybe unsurprisingly, it tastes like vegetable broth.

[aet]

It supposed to help reduce urinal acidity ( CTM ) , so I drink it every morning now ( instead of shu I use to before ) . The look is not much appealing and so the taste ( but can get use to it ) .


Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides) , tuber of the kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata) , Cassia seed , tuber of the kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata), Mulberry leaves , Chicory