Vata Ayurvedic

well this tea has chamomile and rose buds in it. and mostly i got it for my sister to enjoy cuz those are things she likes. but i had this last night right before and after a long hot shower. and it was nice!
i could taste the yummy parts like fennel and lemongrass.
and besides, i like to change it up.

I saw that this was one of the blends that Davids Tea was discontinuing so I decided to snag it while I had the chance. I don’t generally have much faith in Ayurvedic medicine but the ingredients all sounded interesting so what the heck. Mint comes across as the dominant flavour in this blend, but there are layers of other flavours as well – a bit of spicy basil, a touch a licorice, a hint of rose. It’s quite nice.

A really nice mix of flavours. I am a little bit sensitive to the taste of lemongrass and feel that it would be better if it wasn’t present in this blend. However, there are a lot of other flavours in here that I love and help me to look past the lemongrass. I can’t really detect any of the floral taste of either the roses or camomile. I really love that there is spearmint in this one!

The Vata Ayurvedic tea was one of my first DavidsTea purchases and I think it will remain one of my regulars for a long time. This tea is perfect for sipping before bedtime and it helps me to decompress, relax, and drift off to sleep. The spearmint and chamomile come to the flavour foreground without being overwhelming and join with the other ingredients to make a mild and soothing blend. This tea is also wonderful with a dash of honey. A highly recommended purchase!

From the Caffeine Free sampler set.

If you are like me and don’t like licorice flavors, you probably won’t like this tea. At first look, this seems like any other minty citrus nighttime blend. Lemongrass, spearmint, rosehips, no big deal. I am good with all these things. It even smells like a typical sleepytime tea. Nope.

I’m not saying the fennel and licorice is loud or overwhelming, it does mix quite well with the other flavors, but I just am not fond of that flavor at all, so I would not try this again. If you do like licorice, go for it! This is the relaxing herbal for you.

Well, this one was… a story.

I had bought a bunch of DAVIDsTEA samplers from their website and this one came with.. I believe Caffeine-Free teas. I naturally was finding a lot of teas through these tiny, cute tins and after deliberating for a while, I picked this tea to try when I went up to see my crew. It smelled heavenly. Alas, it decieved me as so many do.

I could not stomach it. When it went down my throat, it felt as if it left and egg at the back of it and left my mouth feeling like I had just thrown up! I was horrified! The second sip proved to be the same! The heavenly smell was gone and now it just had the aroma of dead grass clippings from a swampy golf course. I couldn’t stand it, dumped it, and proceeded to complain to deaf ears.

I stand by my dislike. This tea was the worst I have had as of recent and I will not rebuy such a thing in the future. I’m glad it came in a tiny tasting tin instead of 50g!

This is a great bedtime tea, it’s a really nice blend of flavours and the chamomile isn’t too overwhelming. I find I DO sleep better with this tea as opposed to other “relaxing” teas, a very good purchase!

This is a really interesting tea, and it’s very calming. I was looking for a tea containing ginger because I get nauseous quite often, and this certainly does the trick. I can really taste the ginger and spices, which some people may not like. The loose tea itself is beautiful, I love the roses :)

DavidsTea used to have a tea called “Vata Ayurvedic” that was phenomenal but it was discontinued for about a year and this current one was introduced. I don’t like it – it’s too spicy (from the ginger) and citrusy and I don’t find it calming at all.