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Old 22-03-2016, 10:32
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Ran out of lemon and ginger tea bags the other day, was in M&S and picked up some lemon, ginger and ginseng ones. They taste really odd. Lemon and ginger is such a great combination, fruity and warming, but the addition of ginseng removes the warmth and makes the tea taste like something you'd use in a woodwork class.

Why do they do this? Does anyone like that ginseng flavour?
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Old 22-03-2016, 13:56
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Surely people buy ginseng for its effects rather than its taste.
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Old 22-03-2016, 15:00
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No it tastes bloody awful. I've tried the actual root several times and it's a horrible taste.
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Old 22-03-2016, 16:26
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Surely people buy ginseng for its effects rather than its taste.
Maybe, but this was tea and you don't drink tea for its effects, do you (unless you particularly enjoy weeing).
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Old 22-03-2016, 16:51
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I remember ginseng being featured in an article about legal highs in NME a few decades ago. The writer tried everything, ranging from ginseng to khat, magic mushrooms and even banana peel. I can't remember whether they drank it in tea or somehow smoked it.
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Old 22-03-2016, 19:36
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Caffe al ginseng is quite popular in Italy. A shot of espresso with ginseng extract. Only tried it once but it was pretty nice.
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Old 22-03-2016, 22:05
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you don't drink tea for its effects, do you
Course you do. People drink some herbal teas to help them sleep or because they find it calming/relaxing. Whether those effects are factual or not is another matter, just like ginseng, ginkgo biloba, lungwort or bobgean.
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Old 23-03-2016, 00:44
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Maybe, but this was tea and you don't drink tea for its effects, do you.
Of course people do. That's why it's impossible to slurp a good mouthful of properly brewed tea without going 'Aaaaahhhhh'.
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Old 23-03-2016, 08:48
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Of course people do. That's why it's impossible to slurp a good mouthful of properly brewed tea without going 'Aaaaahhhhh'.
In a china mug, yes. In a cardboard cup from Pret it's just impossible to slurp a mouthful of tea, full stop.
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Old 23-03-2016, 23:17
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Is the woody taste definitely the ginseng? I had a Twining's lemon & ginger tea and that also had a nasty, stale 'woody' flavour. I assumed it was a result of the processing.
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Old 24-03-2016, 10:08
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Is the woody taste definitely the ginseng? I had a Twining's lemon & ginger tea and that also had a nasty, stale 'woody' flavour. I assumed it was a result of the processing.
It definitely tastes worse than Twinings. The gold standard for lemon and ginger tea is Teapigs but they are so expensive I was looking for an alternative.
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