Time for tea (no, really): Dr Red Spearole Tea

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Rating: 5/5 for taste, effects will be reviewed in 1 month! available from Revital, £14.99 (+p&p), and feelunique, £13.49 (With free international delivery, and they currently are offering 10% off as part of their january sales).

If someone had told me that one day I would drink a cup of tea comprising of spearmint sprouts, spearmint oil, olive leaves, grape skin and grape seeds then I would have laughed in their face fiercely and run away fast. But here I am post christmas excess and...you guessed it, I am sipping some yummy leaf-sprout tea.

So, what of this? you ask. Why do this? you ask. There are many answers to those questions, and in truth I don't think that I could answer them without veering off into some sort of prose...so I'll just give you the good stuff. Put the kettle on, pop your shoes off and get comfy. We got some 'splainin to do:

First, here's the info from Dr Red (the bits in brackets are my interjections):

Dr Red (now Dr Purple) spearole tea is a green tea blend that boasts a high concentration of antioxidants; 1 cup of this tea contains the same amount of antioxidants as 3 cups of tea and 1 glass of red wine.  The added benefits of drinking a tea containing olive leaves is that they have antibacterial, antifungal and anti-inflammatory properties, which adds to the digestive properties of the tea as a whole; mint is traditionally used to aid digestion and any accompanying anti-inflammatories is bound to benefit you. (TBT interjection: It's basically a superhero of the teaworld. They should amend the packaging to include a cape and some inspirational catchphrases).

Researchers at the University of Queensland tested individual antioxidant beverages and combinations of these beverages to "determine the optimal formula". In lab tests on rats, they found that when rats ate a high sugar, high fat diet, their waist size doubled and their blood pressure increased, but when the tea was introduced into their diet the fat around their waists and their blood pressure returned to normal.

So,  do I have high blood pressure? No. Will it help me lose weight? Maybe. Most importantly, am I in fact a rat? If I were that would make this blog pretty spectacular, ahem, No. The truth is, spearole tea is a tasty minty fresh tea that tastes just as good cold as it does hot and has some major health benefits. Add a drop of stevia and you have a 0 GI guilt-free party on your hands.

If any of you have any experience with any Dr Red (or Dr Purple) products let us know! We are intrigued by their grape-blueberry-elderberry-raspberry-green tea-olive-tarragon-turmeric-citrus mix called "blueberry punch"! We hope you're all having a wonderful holiday, thanks so much for reading!

Ingredients: Green Tea, Olive Leaf, Oil of Spearmint, Grape Skins, Grape Seeds, Spearmint Sprouts.