This is the feed of all reviews of teas from Cat Spring Yaupon Tea on RateTea.http://ratetea.com/brand/cat-spring/357/http://ratetea.com/review/6836/http://ratetea.com/review/6836/Wed, 17 Aug 2022 12:42:29 ESTThis is really great tea! I love that it's grown natively in the United States. It is full of flavor and very satisfying, and it doesn't go bitter even with a long steep time. In fact, partly because of the fairly long steep time of five minutes, I was expecting to only get one or two really good cups out of it -- but I easily got three. I'm not sure if the difference is between these are made from holly leaves rather than tea leaves, but the flavor infuses really well, even in contrast to looseleaf teas t...http://ratetea.com/review/2737/http://ratetea.com/review/2737/Tue, 01 Oct 2013 10:04:28 ESTI love the smell of the dry leaf of this stuff...it has a potent and very pleasant aroma, similar to Yerba mate and Guayusa but unique. I find it much more pleasing! Upon brewing, I don't like the taste quite as much. It tastes peppery, and the yerba-mate-like sweetness is more of a background flavor. The aroma is complex, and contains tones of vanilla, but is mostly herbaceous, and slightly vegetal and woody. Like the roasted version, I can see this being a bit of an acquired taste, like some oolon...http://ratetea.com/review/2635/http://ratetea.com/review/2635/Thu, 22 Aug 2013 16:40:10 ESTI finally got to try Yaupon, and this was the first one I tried! I was excited! I liked it, and I thought this batch was on par with some of the better examples of mate, and the only batch of guayusa that I've tried (the closest thing I have to compare it to). Aroma of the dry leaf and brewed cup is vaguely reminiscent of Yerba Mate or Guayusa, probably more like Guayusa, but there is a strange, dark, herbaceous quality that I find is unique...it reminds me almost of the quality in the aroma of Austra...