Wildflower Honey - 2 Reviews

I don't know what to say. I'm rarely in this position but I am at a loss for words. I do not know, and I've tried, if I like this. Yerba mate has never been high on my list of things that I really like but I am 95% done with this bottle and drank all of that with an open mind. Where has that gotten me? Nowhere, really. I've been sipping on it for an entire day and I don't know what to make of it.

It's bitter. Yerba mate is bitter. It's not punishing but it doesn't go down smooth, that's for truth. The honey is masked by the flavor of the tea and the mint is nearly non-existent. I'm not penalizing it for what it is and I'm not punishing it for what it could be. This is an honest yerba mate if there ever was one but it is, for me at least, a tough pill to swallow. It's lightly sweetened but it's not for kids. If a kid likes this, they have really crunchy parents and probably real all the time. Put that in your dad's medicine pipe and smoke it if you live in whatever states weed is legal in.

When I see the word masala on a drink, I get uneasy and nervous. I've had drinks with it before and the reaction with my taste buds was not a pleasant one. While I do love Indian cuisine, drinking it is not on my list of things I enjoy doing.

Lucky for my mouth and my stomach and my well being this was nothing like the previous drinks I have tried. It is simply an iced chai tea. Chai is not in it's normal state iced, and it takes a bit getting used to, but once you do, you're in for a nice ride. It's like it spent it's entire life driving around the US and then it decided to rent a car while it was on vacation in England. It was a crazy hectic first bit, but once it got used to being on the other side of the road, it was nothing but smooth sailing on it's own terms.

It's a slightly different chai than I'm used to, but the difference isn't huge. This is a nice spiced tea that luckily tastes nothing like chana masala, which is a delicious dish, but not through a straw. Never through a straw.