HELENOU666Tartary Buckwheat Tea Black

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I love green tea for both the flavor and the health benefits, but drinking it all day will give me too much caffeine, which is not so good for my health or my sleep. This buckwheat tea is made from naturally caffeine-free buckwheat instead of tea leaves and it reportedly has all the same antioxidants health benefits as green tea.The instructions on the bottle confusingly say to boil 300ml of water, but they don't say how much tea to use! I found another recipe that works well for this tea. We heat 3.5 cups of water to 200 degrees F, then put the hot water in a teapot with 2 tablespoons of tea and brew for 5 minutes. An electric tea kettle with temperature settings is very handy. This gives us a rich flavorful tea. The product description says "bitter", but I didn't find it unpleasant at all. I would call it nutty or earthy. We drink it straight with no sugar or other additives. You can brew the tea up to 3 times, but double the brewing time the 3rd time.Works great as a hot tea, especially on cold nights. You can also chill it to make a tasty zero-calorie ice tea.I like that the tea comes in an air tight bottle so the tea doesn't get crushed in shipping and doesn't get stale after opening.While 280 grams sounds like a lot of tea, this tea is much denser than green or black tea, so the bottle empties pretty quickly if you use 2 tablespoons at a time.

This is a very good-quality buckwheat tea. The grains of toasted buckwheat are large and uniform with a nice aroma; when brewed using boiling or just below boiling water, the tea has a pleasant, sweetish, slightly floral and slightly bitter wheat taste. The grains can also be eaten, though they taste noticeably bitter even after soaking. This kind of buckwheat, from high altitude, is always fairly expensive, and this tea seems at least more or less competitively priced compared to others available on Amazon. Since the flavor is good, it's a fine choice for anyone interested in this kind of buckwheat tea or "soba-cha."

I have a few non-caffeine, herbal teas like chamomile that I drink for specific reasons (like calming down and getting ready for bed) and when I saw these buckwheats used for a tea, I had to try it. I love black tea, though I am not a fan of green tea, so I thought...well, let's just see. I don't ever follow instructions for making larger amounts since I live alone and one, maybe two cups of hot tea at a time will do it for me. So I did what I normally do - put a metal tea strainer in a cup, added enough buckwheats to cover the bottom of the strainer, turned on my kettle, boiled water and then poured the boiled water over the buckwheats. I let it steep for a couple of minutes and then prepared it as I would any tea I drink: added some sweetener and real powdered cream. It has a delicate, somewhat nutty flavor and I ended up making three cups that first night. This is really good stuff! I like that I can end the evening with this "tea" since it has no caffeine and if I put a dollop of Baileys in it, I can toddle off to bed and sleep like a baby - a new drink: Buckwheats and Baileys!

I happen to like earthy and rustic tea, so there was no doubt in my mind I would like this.It arrives in a plastic jar with a seal on the top. Always a good sign.It looks like Instant freeze dried coffee granules.After brewing, it almost has a toasty coffee aroma.And it is delicious! I didn't find it to be very bitter, as I was expecting. The closest way I can describe it is that it's sort of like chicory. Toasty and nutty.The list of health benefits is quite impressive. High in antioxidants, it can also help rid the body of excess glucose, a nice perk if you're trying to manage your blood sugar levels.People also drink it to prevent heart disease, but I haven't read any studies concerning that.I tasted one of the granules without brewing it. Pretty good, not a lot of flavor. So I added a few on top of my yogurt. Adds a nice crunch.The 'Best by' date is over a year from now.I'll definitely purchase these when this jar is gone.

I am indifferent about this tea. Just my tea background. I love tea, especially loose-leaf tea. I love Pu-Erh, Oolong, and Green Tea. I don't mean the ones you get at your grocery store. I order my Oolong straight from China and the Pu-Erh and Green Tea cost at least $99. I usually spend $250 each time I buy tea. I use a different tea pot for each different type of tea. That's my background on tea. I am not a tea expert, but I love tea.I love the smell. The taste was pretty good, but not good enough. I always like my tea plain, even if it's bitter. Somehow, when drinking this tea, I had wish it was sweeter. Not sure why.If you are Asian, Hmong or Southeast Asian specifically, we have this rice powder where we pan fry uncooked rice and then grind it into powder. This tea smells exactly like this powder. Smell like uncooked pan fried rice. It tasted like if you had burnt the pan fried rice. I really want to like it but the burnt taste threw me off. I could see some people loving this tea though.

I enjoy trying new teas and was excited to try buckwheat tea. The first impressions of this tea was not great. It comes with a home made looking label. The seal stick to the inside of the lid when opened which made it appear that there was no seal. The instructions tell you a temperature and time along with how much water to use, but did not indicate how much tea to use. I used the typical amount I would have for black teas.The tea was very fragrant of the toasted grain scent. The flavor was more subtle. To be honest, I did not like it at first but the umami flavor grew on me and I drank multiple cups.I also tasted the buckwheat grains and like them. I did not find them too bitter, but I also enjoy snacking on coffee beans so I may have a high bitter tolerance. I plan on using this tea in cooking applications as well as drinking.