Davidson's Organics, Hibiscus Flowers, 100-count Unwrapped Tea BagsUSDA Organic

Bought this for my wife. She likes it and I believe what I paid is a good value!

Always good!

I love this tea. It has a good taste, especially when lightly sweetened, and it looks so beautiful when iced and served in a clear tumbler. It really does bring down my blood pressure (I've measured!), but I have to warn you that it does what first-step blood pressure drugs do -- it is a diuretic, and then some. Also, I like to relax to some New Age or Blues when I drink my tea, which are also helpful in controlling stress, and thus blood pressure, so my study is somewhat less than double-blind or whatever, and it is a statistical study of one. But reviews are opinions written down, and this is mine.Moving on, it is a great tasting tea and blends well with other herbal teas as well as with regular tea.So, referring to the title of my post, I purchased a wine-in-a-box product that is not my favorite Riesling (Why is that so hard to find?) but Pinot Grigio, which is not my favorite under the best of circumstances. But I had a pot of my hibiscus tea in the fridge, so I tried mixing it. It tastes wonderful, the way you'd like a wine cooler to taste and it never does, and the very property that makes hibiscus healthy also seems to allay the effects of drinking cheap wine, something I surmised while conducting primary research, if you get my drift. (No hangover, or at least not much of one.)Here is the ratio I use:Four hibiscus tea bagsFour bags of other herbal tea (I like chamomile)1/4 to 1/2 cup sugar, depending on how much you like the enamel on your teethFour cups boiling waterNote: If you add the sugar before you add the boiling water, it makes the tea MUCH sweeter, so you need to make that adjustment, or possibly do a little trial-and-error study.Another note: I like my tea STRONG, but you might not want to use eight tea bags per pot.Let the tea steep as usual. Removing the tea bags is optional, since herbal tea, unlike Pekoe, does not get bitter with additional steeping. Chill -- the tea, not you.Mix the tea and some wine according to how strong you want your drink to be. I do roughly half-and-half.You don't necessarily have to use cheap wine, or even white wine. I found it works equally well with reds I don't particularly like.I would love to hear from anyone who tries this, especially if you find a way to improve on it. Other than buying better wine, I mean.

Control weight and blood pressure

I went to the doctor last Feb. 2015 and I always get nervous when I go. My BP was 170/100. Doctor said relax on Doctor table with shirt off for 15 minutes and every 5 minutes a nurse was poking her head in. Nurse took BP 15 minutes later, I was worried and now sweating. 190/110.Doctor gave me pills and I tread 307 reviews on the pills and 50% of the people were ending up in the ER taking these pills. I did not take one. I left doctor office and could not believe the reading. I have a BP machine and always checked it for the last 10 years and never came close to the doctor office readings. I bought a new machine and started taking my BP. Next few months I was all over the board with readings, highest was 180/105, got this reading one time and lowest was 132/83. I bought this tea and started drinking it everyday, lost 15 pounds, 238 to 223 and started researching natural ways to lower BP. My BP by 7-10-15 was 119/83 with days like 139/94 once every week. I was drinking this tea every day and fast walking 3-4 times a week 2.5 miles. 2-3 glasses of wine a day too. very dry white cause that has the least sugar in it. I started getting reading from 109-139 over 73-83, more and more lower readings than higher. gained 9 pounds for the holiday's and stopped drinking this tea and the BP went up around 140-150/ 85-95. Starting drinking the tea again and will lose weight again.THIS TEA REALLY HELPS WITH BP. YOU HAVE TO GET THIS TEA IN YOUR SYSTEM EVERYDAY FOR IT TO WORKI also take 2,000 mg of Ester-C, 6,000 mg of garlic, 1,100mg of Hawthorn berry, 200mg C0Q10, 900mg of Cholestoff, 200mg of Chelated Magnesium, 45mcg of K-2, mega red multi, Hodgson mill flax/chia with 1,180mg of omega-3, organic raw pumpkin seeds, one tablespoon of husk powder in 12 oz of bottled water, just started 600mg red yeast rice.

I've used a few other brands of Hibiscus Tea and I have to say this one is my favorite! It has more flavor and produces a deeper red color. I feel it has a similar taste to cranberry juice, sort of sour and a little sweet. I like it hot or chilled over ice.My recent doctor's visit determined I was on the high end of pre-hypertention. My doctor wanted to prescribe a low dose blood pressure med, but I'm very leery of trying new meds, so I decided to research homeopathic ways instead.Overall I've been on Hibiscus Tea for about a month, I've noticed a decrease in my blood pressure, from the high 130s over mid -high 80s to high 120s over high 70s.I've also stopped taking a prescription I've been on about 3-4 years for fluid retention, because the hibiscus tea is a natural diuretic. I've been off the prescription med for two whole weeks and haven't had any issues with retaining fluid.In addition to the Hibiscus Tea, I've started eating a beet a day for the past week or so, as beets are also good for the kidneys and help with fluid retention and blood pressure issues.I appreciate that this brand of tea doesn't wrap each bag individually or put tags/strings on them. I just toss one in my travel cup, add water and by the time it's cool enough to drink, it's done brewing. For iced tea, I just toss 8-10 bags in my 4 quart (1 gallon) pitcher and add water. Once it gets to room temperature I remove the tea bags with a slotted spoon. Super refreshing with a squeeze of lemon over ice. :-)