Bigelow Herb Plus - Lemon Ginger

I expected this to be sour like the other two I reviewed from this line, but this was worse than being sour. This was tasteless!

Ingredients (from their site):

lemongrass, lemon peel, cinnamon, natural gingersnap and lemon flavors with other natural flavors (soy lecithin), lemon verbena, rose hips, ginger, licorice root, GanedenBC30™ (Bacillus coagulans GBI-30, 6086), citric acid

This smelled so insanely good after adding water, not what I expected it to be. It smelled like cookies to me and I was wondering if this one would actually have an interesting taste. What taste? There was nothing there for me. This was the last one I tried out of the three and it was the most disappointing. How could something that smells so good taste like... nothing?

Down the drain it went.

Rating: 0/5
Recommend? No

Bigelow Herb Plus - Cranberry & Ginseng

Another sample from Bigelow. This one is Cranberry & Ginseng, so I expected it to relieve my sore throat. It didn't.

Ingredients (from their site):

hibiscus, apple, cranberry fiber, rooibos, peach granules, lemon peel, cranberry seed, rice concentrate, natural cranberry flavor with other natural flavors (soy lecithin), licorice root, panax ginseng, citric acid, choline bitartrate, Vitamin E (d-α-tocopheryl acetate), niacin (niacinamide), pantothenic acid (calcium d-pantothenate), Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine HCL), folic acid, Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin)

This one also required some help from sugar so that it is not too sour. Caffeine-free and gluten-free, good for any time. I expected this one to taste stronger than the Wild Blueberry Acai, but it was similar in the way that it was not very flavorful. Second cup? No thanks, not for this one.

Rating: 1.5/5
Recommend? No

Bigelow Herb Plus - Wild Blueberry Acai

The Wild Blueberry Acai tea from Bigelow was sent to me by the company itself after I requested some samples from this line. The teas from this line are caffeine-free are to be steeped for 4 minutes (according to the pack). They are also gluten-free

Ingredients (from the back of the pack):

Hibiscus, rose hips, natural wild blueberry and acai flavors with other natural flavors (soy lecithin), sweet blackberry leaves, blueberry fibre, orange peel, cinnamon, grape seed extract, vitamin C (sodium ascorbic), vitamin E (d-a-tocopheryl acetate), vitamin A palmitate

This certain tea was too sour, so a spoonful of sugar did the trick. I do have to say that the smell is so much better than the actual taste of the tea. It tasted like blueberries, as expected, but felt a bit boring to me. I tried to make a second cup, but the tea bag had drained all of it's flavor into my first cup. I had taken it out at exactly 4 minutes, but I guess this tea is pretty weak by the second cup. The tea leaves are pretty tiny. I personally would not buy this again.

Rating: 2/5
Recommend? No

The Meaning of "Memoirs of Tea"

Memoir (měm'wär', -wôr')

1. An account of the personal experiences of an author.

- definition from Dictionary.com


The meaning of the site name, Memoirs of Tea, is for the content that will be posted here. Personal reviews of teas that I have tried that may or may not be correct to each person. I may absolutely hate a certain tea, but that doesn't mean that everyone else hates it. The entries/reviews will be my personal experiences with each tea and it's brand.

I will mostly be reviewing easily accessible or common teas from grocery stores or from companies that agree to send samples to me. The reviews will always be 100% of my honest opinion and I will never lie about it. To any one who is reading this, I hope that my reviews will help you with choosing your teas.

This blog will mostly be used to keep track of teas I have tried and liked or disliked. Remember, these will all be my personal options.