Tea Type: Herbal Tisane
Where To Buy: Teas & Tapestries
Product Description:
(Organic Caffeine Free Herbal Tea) Chamomile makes a pleasant aromatic tea with a fruity flavor, enhanced by sugar or honey. It is often sipped for relief of health problems ranging from toothache to nervousness. Chamomile has also been noted as beneficial for soothing headaches and is a natural relaxing herb known to assist the restless and those suffering from insomnia. In many circles Chamomile is called nighty night tea or sleepy tea on account of its natural properties which promote restfulness and drowsiness. It is also known to assist digestive disorders by settling the stomach and calming the nerves. This tea blend has an added benefit of peppermint. Peppermint It has been reported and written that peppermint sweetens the breath and calms the digestive system, plus it helps heartburn, stomach ache and nausea. I also add ginger for its numerous health benefits! Scientists have found evidence to support gingers wide range of medicinal actions. These actions include the lowering of cholesterol levels, relief for allergies and asthma, arthritis, colds, and nausea; and protecting the digestive tract and liver against toxins and parasites…along with many other benefits.
This tea is not a commercial blend, but I personally hand mix it in small batches to ensure quality and uniformity of each and every custom tea tin.
Tasters Review:
“Peaceful” pretty much sums this up! This is very relaxing. There is a good deal of chamomile in here which I can taste fairly intensely. The peppermint helps that a little…as I am not overly fond of chamomile as a general rule of thumb. I wouldn’t mind more peppermint to be honest with you. There is a fruity hint to this too! That is pretty nice!
Taste-wise this is alright. It’s a bit more herb-ally and -medicine-E that I usually reach for but the mint and fruit notes help and I ended up enjoying the cup just fine.
Relax from Jennifer’s Tea Garden
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Herbal Tisane
Where to Buy: Jennifer’s Tea Garden
Product Description:
Relax the mind, body and soul with this blend of soothing botanicals. Chamomile, St. John’s Wort and Ginko help to relieve the stress and tension of daily life while lifting your spirits. Naturally Caffeine Free.
Ingredients: mistletoe, bean peels, chamomile, organic honeybush, organic lemon myrtle, St. John’s Wort, lemongrass, gingko, anise, nettle, birch leaves, natural flavors, stevia leaf.
Taster’s Review:
Wow! This tastes really good!
I really wasn’t expecting it to taste so good. A quick glance at the list of ingredients told me that this would be an herbal blend, and my mind immediately envisioned a medicinal tasting liquid. But, this really doesn’t taste medicinal at all. It doesn’t even taste like a typical herbal blend. It tastes sweet and fruity and could make just as nice a dessert tea as it would a tisane to promote relaxation.
Back in my tea blending days, I created an herbal relaxation blend, and if I am to be honest … even it didn’t taste this good. Sure, I enjoyed the flavor of my own creation, and up until now, it had been the best relaxation blend I had tasted. But this one is even better.
The flavor is sweet, fruit-like (it tastes like apricots to me) and there is almost a creamy vanilla-y taste in the background. I don’t taste a strong presence from the chamomile. The lemongrass and lemon myrtle offer soft citrus tones that compliment the apricot notes that I’m tasting. The anise provides a sweet, licorice-like tone that isn’t sharp like I usually find anise to be. This tastes subtle and sweet. I’m not even getting that disagreeable taste from the stevia!
This is HANDS DOWN the best relaxation tisane I’ve yet to encounter.
Flu Fighter from CaryTown Teas
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Herbal
Where to Buy: CaryTown Teas
Product Description:
Organic Flu Fighter Blend is a soothing medicinal blend that is designed to help your body fight infection.
Reputed ingredient properties: Ginger root and Lemon Verbena to calm an upset stomach, Elder berries & flower, Cardamom, Chrysanthemum and Holy Basil to boost your immune system and fight infection and reduce fever, Chamomile to sooth an aching body, Linden flower for nasal congestion and Hibiscus, which is extremely high in vitamin C.
Taster’s Review:
My husband has been sick for a few days; he has the flu. I don’t want the flu; but I don’t like needles, so I avoid shots whenever possible. Flu shots are optional so I don’t get them. I think I’d rather risk the flu than get a shot. That being said, I still don’t want to get the flu, so I am hoping that this tea will help out!
The first time I brewed a cup, I steeped it for only five minutes, which is my usual maximum steep time when it comes to teas with hibiscus. However, after those five minutes, I can barely taste the hibiscus. There is a hint of tartness that accents the elderberry flavor. This tisane has a very light taste and texture – and usually with a hibiscus blend, the texture is quite thick.
Which leads me to think that this tisane is safe for a longer steep time! For my second cup, I steeped it for a full eight minutes, and the flavor is much stronger. Even so, the flavor of the hibiscus is not the most dominate flavor here. There is – of course – some tartness from the hibiscus, and a little more thickness to the body than with the first cup, but the hibiscus did not overpower the cup the way I thought it might! What a delightful surprise, this tisane!
There is a bright, lemony flavor in the background of this tisane, and a sweet-tart berry taste in the foreground. I can taste hints of a minty-like taste from the tulsi (holy basil) that sort of weaves its way in and out of the sip. There is a slight warmth from the ginger and cardamom – not much! – and it gives it a very soothing effect. Adding to that sense of calm is the chamomile. The ginger and cardamom flavors develop as I make my way down the cup, but even by the end of the cup, the taste is not strongly spiced.
Before I tasted this, I expected it to taste quite medicinal, but it doesn’t. It does have a herbal-y taste to it, which is to be expected, but, it doesn’t come off as medicine-y, it is more like a pleasing chamomile tea that one might enjoy at the end of a long day to encourage a feeling of tranquility.
I do recommend a little drizzle of honey with this blend – honey is not only loaded with antioxidants, but it also enhances the flavor as well, which is a little bland without the honey. But with just a little honey, I am finding this to be a really enjoyable drink.
Sunset in Seattle Tea from Market Spice
Tea Type: Herba;
Where To Buy: Market Spice
Product Description:
One of our sweetest and most popular herbal teas, Sunset in Seattle is a blend utilizing a myriad of herbs that are soothing and mellow. Ingredients: Rosehips, Vanilla, Chamomile, Spearmint, Raspberry, Lemon Grass, Hyssop and herbs. Contains no sugar and is caffeine free.
Tasters Review:
Sunset in Seattle Tea from Market Spice looked much like the picture above thru the see-thru bag it came in but there was white powder heavily throughout the blend. For me not knowing too much about this tisane before trying it I was confused by the powder ingredient but quickly released it was the vanilla within the mix.
The vanilla ‘powder’ is powerful and very nice smelling. The overall aroma consists of Chamomile, Mint, and Vanilla. The color post-infusion is a cloudy gray-orange-yellow type color. The taste is minty but floral…Herbally yet smooth…lemony yet vanilla….this is odd but lovely. It’s interesting and surprising! I ended up REALLY liking this one! The aftertaste is minty yet sweet! Opposites completely attract in this case…and it makes me grin from ear to ear!
I especially liked the vanilla and minty notes!
Organic Chamomile from Byron Bay Tea Company
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Herbal
Where to Buy: Byron Bay Tea Company
Product Description:
This classic herbal infusion features the subtle, sweet taste and calming properties of Chamomile flowers. Perfect any time of the day.
Taster’s Review:
Honestly, I don’t get real excited over chamomile tea. In fact, I usually cringe when I receive some. It isn’t that I dislike chamomile; it’s just that it isn’t my favorite herb to brew.
So needless to say, chamomile is not something that I drink very often. But sometimes, I really need to relax and unwind, and no other tea or tisane that I’ve tried promotes a sense of calm better than chamomile.
And, the flavor of this chamomile is quite pleasant! Byron Bay Tea Company does not specify from where they obtain their chamomile, but the blossoms are whole, large, and not at all dusty. The chamomile smells fresh! It has a light, clean smell to it that is a little floral and a little fruity.
The flavor is delicate and sweet, with hints of an apple-like taste. Although it is a flower, chamomile doesn’t really come across as floral in flavor to me, although I do note some pollen-like notes here. Not a dusty kind of pollen, but more like a sweet, honey-like pollen.
This gentle tisane is just perfect for those times when I need to relax. It’s an excellent chamomile!