★★★★★
Love this tea, though decaf tea I feel energized and healthier drinking it. Has throat calming effect when you have sinus issues
As the name suggests, our Elderberry Wine is a full-bodied, complex tisane. With notes of grape and cranberry, it is the perfect tea to sip on to satisfy the need for bold flavor.
Customers use these reviews to describe their experience with Elderberry Wine, including flavor, aroma, preparation preferences, strength, and how the tea fits into daily routines. Browse the full review history page by page to compare tasting notes, steeping tips, and favorite ways to enjoy this tea.
Love this tea, though decaf tea I feel energized and healthier drinking it. Has throat calming effect when you have sinus issues
A very good tea! When I'm in the mood for a berry flavored, caffeine free tea, this will be one of those I will pick.
I really love this. The taste is wide and round and full. A little Tupelo honey really loosens up the flavor. It is fruity, but in a dark, winter kind of way. Delicious. I prefer it hot; it reminds me of sitting cozy inside during a snowstorm. But it is also yummy over ice.
Made for a lovely treat throughout the day on a gloomy overcast Saturday afternoon. I let it steep for a bit longer than recommended and the flavor of the berries really came through.
This tea blend was just okay. It had a slightly funky scent that translated to the cup. It was fruity but the elderberry overpowered it
Listen. I don't like wine, and I'm not the most familiar with elderberry. But this? This tea? If this is how wine-drinkers taste wine, I see the appeal. Elderberry wine tea is tart but comforting, giving an antiquated flavor that is both comforting and rejuvinating
Delightful and light flavor profile, with a little tang. Tastes great when mixed with a little valarian root.
Bold flavor the me and my children love! It's great when those sniffles start to sneak up on you too!
If you feel a bit under the weather, this tea is the perfect mix of herbs to help you get thru the day and sleep well at night.
Rich and full bodied and delicious. I usually go through the trouble of making my own elderberry syrup each winter for immune purposes, as the store bought syrup is so full of sugar and way too sweet. Now I have a non sweetened form that is delicious and easy to make-thanks Adagio, will be using this instead this winter!
Don't know why but it has a tomato taste :( I added dried cherry to make it extra fruity but still, not a big fan of the taste.
ok flavor, but no one of my favorite, a bit mild, I prefer a more bold flavor, was easy to make, ok without being sweetened
This is really tart and needs honey. I make it hot and pour it over ice for a summertime drink.
Love this as iced tea. Pour room temp water over the tea bag & let it sit on the counter for 2-3 hours. I love anything elderberry flavored and this tea does not disappoint.
this will be the perfect after dinner tea with a nice desert or even sitting watching the sunset while feeding the deer
It is not bad, but i think i am just not much for red. It almost has a bitter wine taste and it's not for me. If you are a big wine drinker though this will be great for you.
One of my favorites...it has a mild fruit flavor, that I often mix with my Cherry Green Tea, however, I prefer to steep most all my teas for 3 to 4 mins @180 degrees instead of the recommended 212 or higher.
I like this full bodied tisane a lot for its tartness that has enough depth and complexity that it's not TOO tart. It's good hot or iced.
This tea is particularly comforting when one doesn't feel well. Adding some honey and a little bit of lemon is just what the doctor ordered. Of course, it's also good when you are feeling perfectly fine, but I love to sip on this when I'm needing some comfort or a boost to the immune system. I love the tart/sweet balance and the rich color. Highly recommend.
This tea was okay. Not real strong elderberry flavour - it won’t replace my elderberry chew for health. 3 g 212 for 10 min. CT 5/25/23.
The tea today was a bit too tart. It is not one I would drink often.
This wasn't overly sweet and had a touchbof tartness to it. I cold brewed mine and added some agave to sweeten it a bit more and it turned out tasty.
Quite tasty; Tart but not overtly so, kind of reminded me of a wine. I prefered it Iced, but it wasn't bad warm.
Delicious fruit tisane which is especially tasty with some honey added. I steeped at 212 degrees for a little more than 5 minutes.
First smell: I couldn't pick up any real scent, it was too faint for my nose to detect anything.
First steep: 5 mins @ 195*F
First taste, no sweetener: holy bad words this stuff is tart! Phew!
Added sweetener and put the brew in the fridge to get cold since I saw a lot of comments about it being better cold.
It's definitely better cold, imo. I can taste the hibiscus, the elderberry and the raspberry combined. To my tongue the combination reminds me of an Iced Viognier or Muscat. It's absolutely delicious if you think 'wine' rather than 'tea'….lol. I want Adagio to let me play with elderberry in blends! I can't taste the echinacea per se, well maybe I can, but I'm not familiar with the flavor isolated - so I'm not sure if I notice it or not. After adding sugar while hot, it was a bit too cloying, but that settled right down once cold.
It might've been my CommuniTEA packet, but my cup was extra tart from the hibiscus and it overwhelmed most any other flavours at any temperature. Beyond that, there was a hint of lemongrass. Added some agave, tried it cold - the tart note ruled over all, unfortunately.
Very juicy and full of flavor. I liked this one hot but plan to try a second steep and have that one cold.
I would really like to meet the person who, at one time in history, picked a hibiscus flower and said 'hey, this would be good in a hot beverage' because I would make sure to convince him or her that this flower was poison and cannot be consumed, therefore saving millions of people the pain of sipping this stuff.
This was a very flavorful beverage, but a very tart one. I had brewed it at 180 for 2 minutes. I wasn’t able to drink it as is, and although I don’t typically sweeten my tea, I made a simple syrup and added enough to make it drinkable for me. It actually has an interesting and full-bodied berry flavor, which is probably the elderberries. The taste is very interesting but I don’t like to drink sweetened beverages.
very tasty when cold, would probably taste just as good hot, too
Excellent herbal tea. Plenty of nice berry taste. A bit of barrel. Good.
Think of all the red berry flavors you can think up. This tea has them all. Sweet on its own, does not require anything but hot water and a cup.
This is one of the teas that I didn’t think I would like, but it’s amazing iced or hot with a bit of rock sugar.
This tea was pretty great. I ended up forgetting about it after I brewed it due to having gotten fixated on something else in the house, and when I came back to it, it tasted way better than it had before, so I personally think it's a great iced tea as well as hot. I also didn't need any sweetener for it, because the tart taste gave it a great flavor profile. Honestly I can't wait to get more in the future.
I cold brewed this one for about 18 hours and added a little vanilla syrup to sweeten it. The overall flavor was raspberry and hibiscus, which was refreshing but not the flavor profile I would want for a tea with a name like this. Based on the other reviews, I think cold brewing this was the way to go for flavor, but if you're expecting elderberry or anything outside of the hibiscus flavor then this one probably isn't for you to be honest.
Rich, deep color of red. Fruity, tart, needs just a little sweetener. I did drink it cold. Something I'd like to keep on hand for a mood boost.
When I saw hibiscus as the first ingredient, I figured I wouldn't like this tea as I'm not a fan of it, but I actually really enjoyed this! The tartness of the hibiscus was very muted - perhaps I didn't have many flowers in my packet - and the elderberry shone through, giving this tea a nice, deep fruitiness that reminded me almost of juice. I get hints of the lemongrass and the rosehips, but the elderberry is the star of the show. I can't say it reminds me much of wine, but in terms of flavor profile, I would definitely drink this again! Steeped for five minutes at 100 degrees Celsius.
There’s a strong taste of elderberry in this tea. I like elderberry, but I also detected some anise flavor.
I enjoyed this tea. I can taste a fruity flavor that I assume is the elderberry. Also taste a little hibiscus. Overall not a tea I would like to drink everyday, but one I would enjoy periodically.
First I removed as much of the rose hips and hibiscus as I could. There was not much flavor but did have a tart slightly aftertaste. I wish the herbal teas were not so loaded with rose hips and hibiscus as that is usually all I get from them.
It's nice. Doesn't taste like elderberry wine to me, just like a tart 'red' flavor herbal. But its nice.
A tart, deep red, fruity concoction that was tasty and pleasant. I would very much like to try this again iced. Hot, it was ok, I don't typically care for hot, tart drinks, so I was surprised that I did enjoy this one as much as I did!
What a delicious tea. It's tart and fruity and needs no sweetener whatsoever. It's a great combination of bright and rich fruit flavours, giving it a nice rounded mouthfeel. I'm very into this blend and can definitely see this becoming a regular in my tea cupboard. Steeped 5 min @ 195º.
It has a wonderful aroma a sweet taste yet tart taste as well it's all blended well together
In the bag: A decent mix of all the stated ingredients. Lemongrass, rose hips, several tiny, dried elderberries, a few apple pieces, and blue cornflowers.
On the nose (pre-steep): Mild scent of musty grapes (I'm not familiar with elderberries, so perhaps this is how they smell). Hint of sugar. Clean nose feel.
On the nose (post-steep): Clear scent of the musty grape from pre-steep, though less musty. No more sugar. Almost tart.
On the tongue (pre-sweetener): Reminds me of a red grape but without the sugar. Hint of hibiscus. Tiny bit of astringency, like you might get from chewing a grape's skin.
On the tongue (post-sweetener): No change.
Opinion: An interesting tea, but I'm not a huge fan of the flavor. Note that I'm not usually a fan of tart berry notes, so take that into consideration. I do give this blend credit for its complexity and depth of flavor.
Preparation: First steep 3 min, second steep 6 min. Both @ 212 ℉. ½ teaspoon monk fruit sweetener.
I love hibiscus, elderberry snd lemongrass so this was an enjoyable tea for me. I was disappointed that there was little aroma before and after steeping I enjoyed the tea with a little honey.
Very nice cup of herbal tea. Does have the faint taste of mulled wine. I could enjoy several cups of this tea warm or cold.
Great use of lemongrass in this ruby-red liquid. A tad sweet but definitely worth trying.
Very good, not my absolute favorite but, still enjoyable.
This is one of my favorite teas when I have a cold or headache. I’m a big fan of elderberry - it goes a long way toward better health and this tea tastes tangy. I don’t normally sweeten it as I enjoy the taste of the berries.