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Method: Teabag
Steep Time: Entire duration of experience
Water Temp: Boiling
Brew style: Mug/ Western
Dry leaf smells spicy.
Steeps up beige-y yellowish brown, the exact color of fresh gingerroot.
Liquor smells of ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, and black pepper.
Liquor has a brothlike, extremely warming mouthfeel. Sharp ginger, cinnamon, and black pepper notes are most prominent, rounded out by a sweet, haylike aftertaste from the licorice, star anise, and turmeric. It’s medicinal, good for when you feel under the weather.
Flavors: Black Pepper, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Ginger, Hay, Licorice Root, Spicy, Star Anise, Sweet, Turmeric
Preparation
I used to hate chamomile tea. Couldn’t stand the smell or the taste. Somewhere along lhe line in my adulthood, I began to tolerate it and can understand why it’s a good bedtime brew. I do find it soothing and relaxing and the taste is smooth and unassuming. This one is a tad odd though, in that I couldn’t really taste anything except the chamomile. No creamy vanilla and no sweet honey. There is a touch of something sweet but I certainly can’t tell if it’s honey or not. It felt like I was drinking a plain ol’ cup of chamomile tea. I would’ve rated this higher had the other flavours been detectable but I am totally fine with it tasting like plain chamomile. The flavour is good regardless and I’ll keep drinking any kind of chamomile tea while insomnia continues to haunt me.
Flavors: Chamomile, Floral, Sweet
I’ve never had any luck getting sleepy on tea alone, but the closest I’ve come to an herb that relaxes me is tulsi, if you’ve never given that a go.
Lexa took this one from the box and was so excited by the scent…but I couldn’t smell anything! Odd.
I steeped it up and it smelled exactly like a sugar cookie. Exactly!
Sadly, there was essentially no actual flavour. But, Lexa said it tasted like a liquid sugar cookie to her! How bizarre! More for her to enjoy!
Preparation
Tastes like one of those cinnamon and peppermint flavored Starlight candies. Fennel noticeable after the swallow, along with licorice root. Pretty sweet. Cinnamon and peppermint together is a combination I tend to avoid. Not bad. Good peppermint. Don’t taste the chamomile. Why the need for mint and licorice flavors, though?
Flavors: Cinnamon, Fennel Seed, Licorice Root, Peppermint, Sweet
Well, the Brewers better win tonight because my fragile little heart can’t take it if we get eliminated at this point. So I wanted something calming and comforting, and this tea fits the bill. Smells super sweet but tastes pleasant and warm. I’m usually not a fan of all things honey, but the notes in this tea are subtle and tantalizing.
C’mon team, DO SOMETHING!
Flavors: Chamomile, Honey, Licorice, Vanilla