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Hibiscus oolong iced tea – yum!,
My boyfriend and I like to go to a fancy tea tasting bar in Berkeley. They have a huge menu, but I tend to favor the oolongs. When we buy some to take home, it costs quite a lot for just 3 ounces of tea leaves. This same tea tasting bar was developing their own line of iced teas and were giving away samples of them for a while. I really liked the oolong-hibiscus, and I wanted to buy some but when we went there last time, they didn’t have any. Soooo…I decided to make my own.
A supermarket just a few blocks from me caters mostly to latin americans and sells hibiscus (or jamaica, in spanish) in bulk (although you can also buy it by the pound on Amazon…it was cheaper for me at this market, but if that market wasn’t just a few blocks away I would have purchased from Amazon) and I found this oolong on Amazon and thought I would give it a try. To me this tea has a nice green, floraly and slightly smokey flavor and cost less for this huge bag than for 3 ounces at the tea bar. It worked quite well in my iced tea concoction, and I’ll definitely be buying more when it runs out, although two pounds is a LOT, so it may be a while.
In case you’re interested, here is my version of oolong-hibiscus tea:
1/4 c. oolong tea
1/3 c. hibiscus flowers (dried)
1/3 c. granulated sugar or equivalent amount of any neutral sweetener (I’d like to try some stevia)
Pour four cups of boiling water over the tea and hibiscus. Let sit 15 mins or so. Add four cups of cold water, strain out the tea (I use an ice tea pitcher that comes with a removable tea compartment) and stir in your sweetener. Serve over ice. Yum!
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|Weak and Nearly Flavorless,
I’m something of a tea fanatic, drinking a small pot first thing every morning. At any given time, I have a variety of about fifty teas of various kinds and/or brands to choose from. Having had delicious Kenya Milima Estate tea before and loved it, I was eager to try this brand at this great price.
What a disappointment. This tea is by far the most weak and relatively flavorless I’ve ever had. I don’t exaggerate to write that I’d rather have an ordinary cup of Lipton’s tea than this.
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|excellent tea thats easy on the wallet,
I love oolong tea. You get the smoothness of green tea and the robustness of black tea. dont be fooled by hype, its just as good for you as green tea (they’re all the same leaf: young budding tea is “white tea” whereas mature tea is “green” and very mature is “black”). I put the loose leaves in an infuser and get the hot water from my Keurig machine so I don’t have to boil water.
Anyway, this is great stuff and VERY cheap. My local co-op charges about $65 per pound of oolong and this stuff is just as good.
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