FGO Organic Nettle Leaf Loose Tea, Cut and Sifted, Caffeine Free, 16oz Bulk Resealable Bag, Packaging May Vary (Pack of 1)

Review for: Organic Earl Grey Loose Leaf Tea 16oz bag (1pound), bought September 2020. The underlying black tea is a good mix of Keemun and Assam. The Keemun makes for a lighter tea that does not drown out the Bergamotte oil, or force an amount that makes the tea taste soapy. Twinings itself has replaced most of the real Bergamotte oil with extract and their website doesn't say how much real Bergamotte is left. I still like Twinings Earl Grey, it's been my family tea for more than half a century, but knowing that this organic product uses only the real thing (2% organic Bergamotte content, as per ingredient list) is an extra star in my book. The tea that arrived was super fresh with an aromatic scent (expiry date end of January 2023), which is important as the bergamotte oil fragrance and tea aroma will evaporate over time. The taste is a delicious, light to medium strength Earl Grey, great on its own or (for lighter taste) mixed with 1/3rd Darjeeling. If you are used to soapily strong Earl Grey variants or those made with Assam alone, you may find it too light. If you like Twinings, you'll probably like it alot. I have not been able to do a direct taste comparison side by side, as I ran out of Twinings before this arrived, but as I am sitting here, sipping a cup of the hot, dark-golden liquid with a small teaspoon of cane sugar, tasting a well balanced mix of light black tea and bergamotte oil, I am letting out a satisfied sigh. I am finding this one to be an excellent substitute. Update 2021: Had 3 1-pound-bags of this in the meantime, and all of them were perfectly aromatic and tasty. Preparation instructions: Serve in thin-lipped bone-china cups of approx. 6oz size (better sensory experience than mugs for delicate teas, see image). Use 2 tea pots and a straining sieve: one pot to steep the leaves and another to strain the brewed tea into, in order to get the leaves out before they turn bitter. Bring 3 cups / 24 oz of water to boil, pour over 6g (0.22oz) Earl Grey tea leaves while still boiling. The leaves should float freely in a pre-warmed tea pot. For less or more tea, just multiply or divide water and tea by the same amounts. Strain after no longer than 3 minutes of steeping through a tea-straining sieve into the serving tea pot. (I am setting a timer to 2:40 min brewing time and don't stress over 20 seconds more). When I strain the tea, I either stirr the leaves right before, or let the leaves drip from the sieve after straining, to get all the full, concentrated tea. (if you accidentally steeped it too long, you can try decanting without stirring the leaves and it might save you from a bitter experience). I drink it with a little cane sugar and a piece of bread with something sweet on it, and thereafter, my brain starts working. If you are a Trekkie and have not tried what Picard's favorite drink really is about when properly prepared, this is it. If yours is bitter, you either use too much tea or you let it steep too long. Oh, and I never use tea bags for black tea. It is filled with the tea dust that is breaking off from the properly dried tea leaves, the leftover after the leaves have been packaged. That tends to make for an overpoweringly strong tea, plus the dust tends to seep into the tea itself. Either that or (with luxury versions=filled with proper leaves) it does not have enough room for giving off its taste. Free floating is the way to go. If you want to avoid the garbage getting all wet, just leave the used leaves to drip and dry in the sieve over the pot you used for steeping before throwing them away. Disclaimer: this is the first time ever I bought this product. I have picked and paid it myself and have nothing whatsoever to do with either FGO, Amazon or Twinings. This is a pure tea enthusiast's review article and I hope you enjoyed it and your tea.

The best lavender tea I’ve had yet!! Smooth, plenty flavorful, I’ve had many brands and this one has the most aroma! I love it!!!

So with this cold weather I love to drink hot tea. I saw this and I thought this is wanted to try it. The texture was perfect The quality is amazing and the health benefits are a major plus. For some reason hot tea always mellows me out so I can't say anything about the energy level but I'm going to give it a couple weeks and come back and do another review.

Very large bag and quality loose dry plant, it smells nice and tastes nice. I am just suspicious of the brightness of the red colo, the sour taste and strong flavor. Is this completely unaltered? If yes, then it is excellent, like drinking unsweetened sour cherry juice. I made many cups, it feels good drinking it,but I personally cannot identify its medicinal effects.

I ordered another brand at the same time since I had never purchased Lemon balm tea. The other brand was more than twice the price per tea bag. FGO brand is far superior in my opinion. I will never purchase the other brand, but I will buy FGO again as it smells and tastes so much better.

This loose, bulk package of Hibiscus Tea is the best I have found over decades of drinking caffeine-free herbal teas. I have brewed it "by the cup" and "by the pot" and enjoy a wonderful refreshing ruby-red tea every time. I haven't encountered any fine particles in the FGO preparation and it is easy to strain with a regular tea strainer. The flavor immediately reminded me of cranberry juice, tart but without the sugar load added to make cranberry juice drinkable. This hibiscus tea needs nothing added to enjoy it hot or cold. I have brewed extra strong hibiscus tea as a base for cold fruit punch in the past. This tea is so close to cranberry juice that I may try it in a cosmopolitan cocktail. On a completely separate note, I have read that hibiscus tea can help with elevated blood pressure. I don't have that issue except when they take my blood pressure at the dentist's office. Then my BP is always higher than normal. Recently I was seeing my dentist and the technician told me my BP was 126/77. I was astounded. I thought their blood pressure gauge was broken. I came home puzzled but then remembered I had been drinking this hibiscus almost every afternoon for over a month. Now this in no way constitutes medical advice. I am only a "data sample of one", but maybe it is the tea?

Love this product! Very good quality hibiscus. It is fresh, the sifting is good (no debri) and the aroma and flavor is amazing. I use this medicinally and find the strength to be excellent. I create a concentrate using a french press, very hot water and let it steep on the counter until it reaches room temperature. The concentrate seems to keep nicely in the refrigerator for about 4 days.

I am trying this for my bone health but I actually lost be the taste. It’s non marinated so I can have it after dinner and not gonna disturbs my sleep.