Chamomille

Catching up on tasting notes, so there are about to be a few, bear with me!

We went away for a few days recently! It was the first time we’ve gone anywhere or done anything special since a year before the pandemic, so we decided to be indulgent and stay at a really nice hotel. We ate dinner at the hotel restaurant and I was a little reluctant to order tea because the quality of restaurant tea is always a crapshoot, even at high-end places. But I was genuinely pleased and impressed when they brought this out! Even in the sachet, it’s whole-flower chamomile of clearly high quality. It was absolutely delicious, a beautiful complement to dessert, and a great way to ease into the night. 

I am feeling well, but I just wanted to drink something different. By some accident I got this tea bag full, so I have drink it myself. And nobody likes chamomille in my family. So it is up to me again. I took sachet out and to my surprise I see quite nice number of yellow buds and not much of herbal dust. The string is bit short in my opinion, but it will be okay. I don’t know how old it is.

They suggest 6 minutes steep, so I did. Quite long in my opinion but they know best.
Liquor is clear and golden, no dust. It smells of course after chamomille. But it smells after a pineapple too! As haptiK found out, even they are noticing it.

In taste it is very nice and smooth. The herbal taste is not really strong and that is something I like. Again the pineapple is there. It is quite sweet as a honey a bit as well. Interesting I notice three different tastes in one plain herbal tea. Not even a blend.

Overall, I won´t rate again, as it is just plain chamomille and I don´t like it usually. But this is somehow different and really lovely herbal tea. But I can clearly recommend this tea and that is huge achievement when I recommend pure chamomille!