MUSHROOM TEA ... REVIEW

I admit when I first read about this tea ... I was a little scared to try it. I mean MUSHROOM TEA? What is mushroom tea? And better yet why does it look like tree bark? But in our family ... we drink a lot of tea and we have a rule you have to try it at least once before you can rule it out.

When my Zen Principle Tea arrived I have to admit again I was even a little more scared ... it even more looked like tree bark. But again ... the family rule kicked in.  I had to wait till the next morning to brew some because this tea takes EIGHT HOURS to brew. The next morning, I got the water boiling and dropped three mushroom chunks in as directed into a pan of boiling water... I then turned it down to a simmer... cover he pot and the rest was up to the mushroom chunks. A friend came over later and she knows me pretty well and asked what I was up to. We looked at the tea and after five hours it seemed pretty dark so we decided for this batch we were going to try some of it. I strained the three chunks out of the tea and pour us some tea half way into large cups and filled the rest with semi-cold water. We like ours a little on the sweet side so I broke off our favorite raw honey chunks. The tea had a wonderful earthy smell. Before we diluted it down it was very dark in color more like a coffee color, but once diluted down it was a nice golden color. The taste was wonderful ... not like a tea you gt from a tea bag. It was a whole new experience. Something very clean and rich taste. It did have that mushroom taste of richness it you have ever had a true earth mushroom. Both my friend and I really enjoyed our tea. I saved the mushroom chunks as the bag said you could use them three times. I actually used them just one other time because like our tea a little on the strong side. They are great brews a second time. I diluted the pan I brewed into a two quart jar. You can also drink this tea hot... we just prefer it cold.

My suggest ... Do not add sugar into this tea as it does greatly effect the taste. IF you need to have it sweet add in RAW honey or RAW honey comb.

**I did receive this at a discount in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion. Compensation of any kind is never accepted in exchange for a positive review. All opinions expressed are my own and not edited by any companies mentioned.**

RATING: 4 STARS

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