@Influenster Sent Me @Stashtea #lovevoxbox

As part of Influester’s March Love VoxBox, I got a sampler of Herbal Teas from the brand Stash; a brand I am already familiar with! Stash sells a huge variety of teas along with teaware and other gifts. I actually had no idea they did all of that, but after visiting their site I kinda want a catalog to look at now. Something about looking in a paper catalog brings me back to the days where I would flip through every kind we had sent to our home when I was a kid. It’s just fun!

About the company: Stash started out as a loose tea distributor to

natural food stores, and has developed into one of the most widely know tea companies today! Since starting the company up in 1972, the company has expanded into a specialty tea company servicing grocery stores, tea and coffee shops, natural foods, and mail/Internet orders while continuing to keep a 5000 year old tradition of tea drinking.

The product I received from Influenster’s (gratis in return for doing this review) was the Herbal Tea sampler which included two packets of nine different favors:

Acai Berry, Blueberry Superfruit, Chamomile, Cinnamon Apple Chamomile, Lemon Ginger, Licorice Spice, Mango Passionfruit, Peppermint, and Wild Raspberry Hibiscus.

I wanted to try a flavor that was new to me so on the first night I decided to go with Licorice Spice:described as a naturally sweet dessert-like flavor of licorice root, cinnamon, Chinese star anise and clove bud oil. I know what anise and licorice taste like in other things and figured this would be a good combo flavor to try. Well, I was wrong. I actually did not finish the cup, I just didn’t like it. My boyfriend however tried the cinnamon apple chamomile and said it tasted really good, so I dumped mine and made a new cup.

Cinnamon Apple Chamomile almost tastes like a piece of pie and is described as : spicy cinnamon with juicy apple (yum yum) — now who isn’t going to love that! I’d happily have one of these after dinner instead of a fattening dessert that I’ll regret later.

I also drank the chamomile while I was at work and thought it tasted good– except I couldn’t say more than that? Not a really memorable flavor as Blueberry Superfruit which almost has a tart flavor to it. Blueberries are kind of an expensive snack for me to get at the grocery store all the time so it was nice to get all of its antioxidant goodies in a wake drink this time around. the website suggests trying this iced and I think it

would taste awesome that way too. it’s definitely a “fruity” flavor and doesn’t even need sugar ( I normally add 1 packet of truvia or sugar substitute to my tea and two to coffee.

I’m currently drinking Lemon Ginger while I write this review and taking it to the extreme. It’s 5pm and I have my lounging pants on, my dog is sleeping right next to me on the couch and no noise in the house. Do I have kids? No, but I do have a boyfriend that lives with the tv on for “background noise” and plays records in our dining room like its his own mixing. Studio. Sigh. So quiet 🙂

Taking another sip of Lemon Ginger, I can say that it smells lemon-y but tastes like ginger first and then the lemon taste comes at the end—-if that makes any sense at all! I would definitely drink it again if it was in another sampler pack, but probably not a whole box on its own. I honestly always go with a mint tea or even better, a mint green tea when I get a box of just one flavor. Mint may be simple, but it’s always the best in my eyes.

I also tried mango Passionfruit at work and really hoped I would like it because I like passion fruit, but I did t get past one or two sips before it was dumped. The mango flavor was too much for me and isn’t a favorite fruit of mine. I just hoped the passion fruit was cover everything, but oh we’ll, left in the cupboard for the coworkers! I only have 3 other favors to go: Acai berry, peppermint, and just discovering that both wild Rasberry hibiscus were gone! Hhhhmmmmmmmm…. Someone drank those without me noticing until just now. Haha must have been good to drink both. There are only two of us at this house. I think I know who the culprit is.

Overall, I love the brand. its sold at my supermarket and perhaps some other places I shop but don’t notice yet. I have yet to determine the price for this sampler but I suspect it’s around $6-7 which is fair.

Do you guys have a tea brand you like to use? Or go to a coffee or tea shop around you? what’s your flavor? share in the comments below!

This product was provided to me via the influenster program along with Stash .

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