Flavored Guayusa
Last Updated: Dec. 16, 2011
↑About Flavored Guayusa
Flavored guayusa is a category for blends of guayusa with other plants or flavorings. Guayusa, closely related to Yerba Mate, is one of the few plants other than tea and coffee that contain caffeine.Flavored guayusa is technically a kind of herbal tea, but because people generally tend to assume that herbal teas contain caffeine, on RateTea, we classify herbal blends containing guayusa or other caffeinated herbal teas in their own category.
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I actually thought this tea had a rather subdued peppermint presence, and I noticed the guayusa more than the mint, which is good. I did not think the two flavors blended particularly well with each other though...the mint seemed to obscure or cloud the Guayusa and vice versa.
The aroma was muddled, the flavor mild...
This one reminded me a lot of lemon-ginger herbal blends, but is substantially different. It uses orange, not lemon, and uses only orange peel, no extracts, which I greatly appreciate. The orange is subtle, but has a fairly fruity quality, and is recognizable as orange. The Guayusa mostly disappears into the backgro...
Read Full ReviewI was expecting this to taste a lot like Masala chai, and it didn't. The aroma is very gentle and soft, almost creamy...like rice pudding or oatmeal. There's a moderate amount of cinnamon, and it's a very soft type of cinnamon. I have to really focus to notice the lemongrass; I don't think I would have identified th...
Read Full ReviewThis tastes a lot like plain peppermint. I'm not sure how I feel about it. It's all right. I'm not a big fan of herbal teas in general. I'm drinking it with cream and sugar.
Read Full ReviewThis is pretty good for an herbal tea. I don't usually like herbal teas. It smells mostly like cinnamon. It funny that it's called Guayusa Spice, and the only spice it has is cinnamon. The flavor is pretty good, though. I added cream and sugar.
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Peppermint Guayusa
Brand: | Runa |
Style: | Flavored Guayusa |
Region: | Blend |
Caffeine: | Caffeinated |
Leaf: | Teabag |