Bad batch of Rooi

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Dec 23rd, '08, 07:47

Bad batch of Rooi

by Deleted User #30835 » Dec 23rd, '08, 07:47

Anyone had this ? I just bought 2 boxes of Tick tock Organic green rooi and one red (also tick tock)
The green is perhaps (????) worst effected - it brews a deep ugly brown and tastes very bad and muddy - upon opening the tea bags the rooi looks broken (in a decayed way) and pink-grey-brown

The red brews really really dirty - we brewed a single bag (instead of 2) in a pot and it was still extremely dark and far too strong aside from the fact it was horrid muddy and plain wrong anyhow - opening a bag the rooi is less wrecked than the green but looks very flat and dried out and an odd colour

I took it back to the shop and got my money back - I have got a box of 11 o clock and this stuffs fine - which is good but green rooi isn't very available so I am just gonna have to live without green for a while and hope the next batch is ok

I am guessing a load of decaying plant matter has got through - Am I unlucky or anyone else had it - never had a problem like this before in 21yrs of Rooi drinking

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Dec 23rd, '08, 13:41
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by JM » Dec 23rd, '08, 13:41

Wow, never heard of that.

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by Victoria » Dec 23rd, '08, 13:48

Maybe you haven't been buying organic before,
sounds like this sat around awhile.

Dec 24th, '08, 17:28

by Deleted User #30835 » Dec 24th, '08, 17:28

No I have often bought organic before - the organic is little different to inorganic- the green Rooi was just in - I was pleased to see it on sale in the super market as a new line since you don't often see it

I contacted the outlet form Tick Tock in this country but no reply as of yet - no matter

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