At just under a quarter per teabag (per online price and retail at an H-E-B store in north Texas), this had better be at least a passably decent product. Most teas I've had made of chopped tree leaves (such as a mango-leaf tea I've got from Thailand) taste like...chopped tree leaves, as if one would run small limbs of yard trees through a chipper-shredder and drink a tea made from the stuff that results. This beats that handily.

Until now, I never had moringa leaf in any form. The amount in the teabag is small, approximately 1/2 the volume of most Celestial Seasonings, Bigelow, Murchie's, Lipton or other well-known teabag quantities. For once, however, it seems not to water down the taste too much.

The honey flavor dominates the overall product, both in the (modest but obvious) dry aroma, somewhat stronger in-cup aroma, and flavor. However, a rich quality comes out in the flavor: bitter butter, but better. It's a slightly buttery and tolerably bitter taste under the honey. This buttery element, which reminds me of a high-quality chamomile tea, adds to the creaminess imparted by the tertiary vanilla. Vanilla begins to dominate at the end of the sip and in aftertaste. Whatever baseline taste moringa is supposed to bring, the blender here did a nice job of finding a flavor balance to cover up deficiencies while rendering a smooth and pleasant product.

The advertising touts the nutritional and health benefits of this "miracle superfood." It does have vitamins A, C, B1, iron and calcium, but at only 2–4% of FDA RDA, I doubt this will make a great difference in anyone's nutritional budget.

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