ASDA

Smell 5/5: Gentle ginger and lemon smell.

Flavour 5/5: Gently sour, but very spicy, with mild ginger aftertaste, but long-lasting burning on the tongue

 Colour 5/5: Bright almost no colour.

 Deposit: Yes

 Infused: 5 min

 Caffeine-free: Yes

Tea type: Bags/Herbal

Manufacturer's description: It is zingy and warming with lemon and ginger-flavoured infusions

A few ingredients – It is ginger root (40%). Lemon peel (1%), lime flowers, sweet blackberry leaves, apple pomace, lemongrass, citric acid, and chicory root.

Manufacturer's advice: Use 1 bag per person, pour on boiling water and infuse it for at least 5 minutes for optimum taste. Leave for a little longer if you prefer a stronger taste.

Storage: Store in a cool, dry place, away from direct sunlight. Once it is opened, store tea bags in an airtight container.

 Price: £0.75/20 bags

Price per bag: £0.04 per bag

Weight: 40g

Bags 3/5: At least all bags are sealed off in 1 big foil bag to protect them from odour. Bags by themselves look very basic square-shaped white colour.

Package 3/5: It is an ordinary glossy box in a bright butter colour where we can see ginger and lemon slices along with the name and Asda logo.

Purchased: Asda, Bradford

Produced for: Asda superstores

Manufacturer: Unknown

Additional notes: I found an interesting ingredient in this tea – chicory root and I did a research of this unusual ingredient. According to online that a substantial amount of clinical evidence depicts chicory to be anti-diabetic, immunomodulatory, anti-tumour, antioxidant, anthelmintic, and prebiotic. In addition, chicory has been shown to promote good digestion, to regulate appetite, and to decrease the risk of gastrointestinal diseases.

When I opened the sealed-off foil bag, I could feel a strong ginger aroma.

Also, I was surprised that this tea is packed in Kenya. I tried this tea with 200ml hot water as my experience shows that tea bags cannot be used on more then 200ml because tea might lost its strong flavours and become not so enjoyable to drink.

Colour wise I would like to call it – white tea.

I would like to partly agree with the manufacturer that it is zingy, but it is definitely warming tea.

The flavours were nicely balanced. 

Tested: Bradford/England

Date: 28/03/24

ASDA mango & strawberry

Smell 4/5: Strong mango

Flavour 3/5: It tasted gently like strawberry, but more like raw. It is impossible to detect mango, however, I could sense a very tender almost impossible-to-feel sweetness. It seems there is only raw strawberry.

 Colour 4/5: Dark red

 Deposit: Yes

 Infused: 5 min

 Caffeine-free: Yes

Tea type: Bags/Herbal

Manufacturer's description: It is a sweet and refreshing infusion. It has a hibiscus flower plant, apple, strawberry and mango flavour infusion.

Contains liquorice – people suffering from hypertension should avoid excessive consumption.

A few ingredients – orange leaves & peels, liquorice root 

Manufacturer's advice: Use 1 bag per person, pour on boiling water and infuse it for at least 5 minutes for optimum taste. Leave for a little longer if you prefer a stronger taste.

Storage: Store in a cool, dry place, away from sunlight and strong odours. Once it is opened, store tea bags in an airtight container.

 Price: £0.75/20 bags

Price per bag: £0.04 per bag

Weight: 40g

Bags 3/5: At least all bags are sealed off in 1 big foil bag to protect them from odour. Bags by themselves look very basic square-shaped white colour.

Package 3/5: It is an ordinary glossy box in a pinkish colour where we can see slices of mango and strawberries 

Purchased: Asda, Bradford

Produced for: Asda superstores

Manufacturer: Unknown

Additional notes: It seemed an interesting fact that tea has a hibiscus plant added and liquorice. root added. Also, I was surprised that this tea is packed in Kenya. I tried this tea with 230ml hot water.

I would like to disagree with the manufacturer that it was a sweet infusion. It was more like a sour part of a lovely sweet mango aroma.

Tested: Bradford/England

Date: 23/03/24

Smell 5/5: Beautiful liquorice & fresh peppermint aroma

Flavour 5/5: Liquiruce, peppermint with long-lasting sweetness in the aftertaste

 Colour 5/5: Amazingly golden

 Deposit: Yes

 Infused: 5 min

 Caffeine-free: Yes

Tea type: Bags/Herbal

Manufacturer's description: Sweet and refreshing.

A few ingredients – Liquorice (50%), dried peppermint (50%)

Manufacturer's advice: Use 1 bag per person, pour on boiling water and infuse it for at least 5 minutes for optimum taste. Leave for a little longer if you prefer a stronger taste.

Storage: Store in a cool, dry place, away from direct sunlight. Once it is opened, store tea bags in an airtight container.

 Price: £0.75/20 bags

Price per bag: £0.04 per bag

Weight: 40g

Bags 3/5: At least all bags are sealed off in 1 big foil bag to protect them from odour. Bags by themselves look very basic square-shaped white colour.

Package 3/5: It is an ordinary glossy box in light pink colour where we can see peppermint leaves and liquorice sticks. It has Asda logo on it and in a dark pink colour square written the name of the tea

Purchased: Asda, Bradford

Produced for: Asda superstores

Manufacturer: Unknown

Additional notes: I tried tea with 200ml hot water. When I opened the foil bag where tea bags are sored, a strong peppermint, refreshing aroma came out.

It is sweet definitely as the manufacturer states, but not as refreshing. Regardless of this disagreement I so much loved this tea.

Tested: Bradford/England

Date: 03/04/24

Smell 3/5: Mild, sour

Flavour 3/5: Sour with tiny hints of sweetness.

 Colour 5/5: Vividly dark red, burgundy

 Deposit: Yes

 Infused: 5 min

 Caffeine-free: Yes

Tea type: Bags/Herbal

Manufacturer's description: Infused with blackberry, blueberry and acai flavours.

A few ingredients – Acai fruit powder(0.5%), blackberry (1%), Blueberries (1%), sweet blackberry leaves, hibiscus, apple pulp

Manufacturer's advice: Use 1 bag per person per cap. Boil freshly drawn cold water and pour the moment it boils infuse it for 3 – 5 minutes according to personal taste

Storage: Store in a cool, dry place, away from sunlight and strong odours. Once it is opened, store tea bags in an airtight container.

 Price: £0.75/20 bags

Price per bag: £0.04 per bag

Weight: 40g

Bags 3/5: At least all bags are sealed off in 1 big foil bag to protect them from odour. Bags by themselves look elementary square-shaped white colour.

Package 3/5: It is a simple glossy box in light purple where we can see three different types of berries scattered across the surface - blackberry blueberries and acai. There is the name of the tea and the Asda logo and written how many tea bags are in the box.

Purchased: Asda, Bradford

Produced for: Asda superstores

Manufacturer: Unknown

Additional notes: I was surprised that wild berry tea has added apple pulp and hibiscus flower.

This tea did not stand out apart from its unusual ingredients like hibiscus.

I tried this tea with 200ml water. Also, I would  prefer to drink this tea with sugar or honey to make it more enjoyable.

Tested: Bradford/England

Date: 11/04/24