Bigelow's Orange & Spice: This tea is Confused.
Written: Feb 04 '08 (Updated Feb 04 '08)
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Pros: Smells strong
Cons: Tastes Weird, and this tea is having an identity crisis
The Bottom Line: Not my cup of tea.
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| LILvoyce's Full Review: Bigelow: Orange&Spice |
I gave up my diet sodas long ago, and have been drinking many different types of teas ever since. I am starting to get into some of the Bigelow tea flavors.
Orange & Spice
What your getting is a 20 or 28 count box of Orange & Spice flavored Herbal tea. Each tea bag is individually wrapped in a foil packet. Each bag comes with its own drawstring and orange colored tag. The packaging is also orange.
Bigelow claims: "A zesty blend of orange & spice, that is All Natural, and Caffeine Free."
Ingredients
Rose Hips, Spices, Hibiscus, Orange Peel, Roasted Chicory, Natural Orange Flavors (soy lecithin)
Other information on the package
You can call for questions or for a catalog:
1-888-BIGELOW or visit their website: www.bigelowtea.com
My Thoughts
Orange & Spice sort of tastes like a really, REALLY, weak version of a Thai Chai. Although the ingredients do not say that it contains cinnamon, I can bet it is in there. It lists: spices, in the ingredients. I bet that is what they mean by spice. I don't really sense any orange flavoring, other than a citrusy tartness. It is too tart, and too floral. I like one or the other but not both trying to dominate the other. This tea tastes to perfumey to drink without sugar, and to much sugar will intensify the flowery tartness. If I were to call this tea anything, it wouldn't be Orange & Spice. It would have to be a Flowery Cinnamon instead. I didn't like it iced. I did enjoy it with a bit of sweetened condensed milk, and another time I drank it with evaporated milk. That was sort of kind of pleasant and sort of cut the flowery taste a bit. I really just drank it with the milk to get rid of the tea. It really isn't my favorite.
Overall?
This just isn't my cup of tea. It smells like a pumpkin pie, but taste like a tart,cinnamon flower. It brews up an amber/dark orange in color. I give it less than average rating and won't recommend it. This tea is confused in my opinion and is having an identity crisis.
Recommended:
No
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