Yet Another First World Problem

[verrucaria]

Next time I buy a fruit tea (well, technically, a tisane), I'm going to have to manually remove the hibiscus flower bits. I hate hibiscus. It really overwhelms all other flavors. If I wanted hibiscus tea, I'd buy hibiscus tea. Cheap filler

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[rgfgompei]

I find then when I try to mix my own fruit teas without hibiscus and without coating everything in flavor oils, I don't get much flavor. Fresh ginger is good but doesn't make a great tea bag, but dried citrus peels, and dried fruit bits, just don't come out very strongly. I always put some hibiscus and some rosehips (which actually do have a pretty good flavor) in any citrus based tea I make because I can really taste them. Most of the time I've had commercial fruit teas that didn't have hibiscus in them (or even those that do) they usually list "fruit flavor" in the ingredients.

I can see how this would be an issue to one who doesn't like hibiscus though. I wish i could suggest that you try mixing your own blends, but I don't really think it will work, sad.

[verrucaria]

Well, I guess I wouldn't mind a few flakes of hibiscus petals. That said, I'm convinced that in most cases, hibiscus is used as cheap filler. I'd rather take just about any other cheap filler (like apple) over hibiscus, though.

[rgfgompei]

BTW, if you care to spend the incredible shipping costs, I have friends in the EU (British Isles specifically). We can have stuffed shipped to them and they can mail it to you. Then again, I'm sure you know people in the EU as well so you probably already considered and discarded that idea.

[verrucaria]

I have half a mind to find out how much the extra shipping would cost... (I suspect it'd be pretty pricey, though.)