Yogi Tea makes a tea called Sweet Thai Delight.
Flavor: Somewhat sweet and earthy, this tea has a cooling aftertaste that would make it a great iced tea. For some reason I taste jasmine, even though that is not one of the ingredients.
Suggested Additions: I once brewed this tea, cooled it, added a touch of sugar, some ice, and a splash of coconut milk just like you see in the Thai restaurants. However, the coconut milk clumped up into little coconut globs. It tasted ok, it was just awkward having little globs in my tea. As I drink it today, I have added a half teaspoon of white sugar, and enough milk to lightened it to a soft caramel color, and am drinking it hot. (Not too much sugar is needed because the tea contains stevia, a natural sweetener.) The directions on the bag say, "Add your favorite sweetener and milk or milk substitute. For a delicious twist, try with a splash of coconut milk." I really don't know how to add coconut milk without getting those little globs. If anyone knows, let me know what I'm doing wrong.
Ingredients: Rooibos leaf, cinnamon bark, anise seed, carob pod, "natural" coconut flavor, "natural" butterscotch flavor, stevia leaf. (I don't know what makes a flavoring "natural.")
Purpose: Rooibos does not have caffeine. However, the hot tea followed by the cooling aftertaste is somewhat stimulating, so it is a good way to wake up your tastebuds, if not the rest of you as well. This tea is somewhat exotic in flavor, so it does kind of take you away to another place.
Additional Bonus: Yogi puts little words of wisdom on the paper tags on the ends of the string. Today's word of wisdom says, "An attitude of gratitude brings opportunities."
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