A delicious caffeine-free alternative to regular tea (Tic Toc Original Organic Rooibos Tea)

Member Name: song_of_calliope

Product:	Tic Toc Original Organic Rooibos Tea
Date:	08/10/09 (19 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Tastes lovely and you can drink it just like regular tea

Disadvantages: Not as strong as regular tea

Tick Tock Original Rooibos Tea is Red Bush tea made by Drangonfly Teas. It is a caffeine-free alternative to real tea which is why I have started drinking it - I was told by my doctor to quit drinking caffeine but I didn't want to give up my habit of drinking several cups of tea a day. There's nothing better than a nice cup of tea to soothe my jangling nerves when I'm stressed or simply to take a break at work or to warm up after being out in the cold. So I asked around about alternatives to tea and my mother suggested I try Rooibos.

I picked the Tick Tock brand over the others in the supermarket probably because of the nice packaging it comes in. The carton is a bright, shiny red colour in front with blue and white writing with cream-coloured accents on the sides. There is also a nice drawing of a table set for a traditional tea with teapot and cakes. I find this design charming. It is retro and cheering at the same time and the picture of the tea and cakes made me feel this tea would not be too different from regular tea. For the most part this turned out to be correct.

To brew a mug of Tick Tock Rooibos tea, put the tea bag into the mug and add boiling water, just as you would do to make regular tea. You could also of course use a teapot. To me the main difference between brewing this tea and regular tea is that this tea brews more slowly and doesn't get quite as strong. If you like your tea really strong you are probably best off brewing it in a teapot with an extra teabag.

You can drink this tea the way you would drink normal tea. That is, if you usually add milk you will probably want to add milk to this as well. You can also drink it plain or with lemon. I drink mine with a splash of soya milk.

The flavour is very pleasant. It has its own slight natural sweetness which isn't overpowering at all. I never took sugar with my tea and I don't find this tea to be too sweet. It's a bit weaker than regular tea which is too bad as I like my tea strong, but it's a very enjoyable drink and does a great job of replacing my daily cuppas.

Summary: This is now my daily cuppa