Sleep Tea

241/365

Another from my Variateas box, and a seemingly perfect pre-bedtime blend! I’m not sure exactly what’s in this one, because the wrapper doesn’t say, but a quick peruse on their website reveals that it’s actually a black tea, with rose, date, lotus, liquorice, and lavender. That quickly put to rest my presumption that it was a herbal blend, but for a black tea I’d say it’s extremely light. There’s a sweetness from the liqourice, but it’s not overpowering, and that’s welcome. I wouldn’t know the rose and lavender were there if I hadn’t been told, because they’re so much in the background that they’re pretty much invisible.

I can’t say I like this one, but it’s hard to dislike either. There’s so little flavour, it’s really just kind of meh. I imagine this is a blend you’d drink for its purported effect or health benefit (they produce a whole range of this kind of thing…), but I’d be wary of a “sleep” tea with a black base on the whole. Their take on it is that lotus root can help to prevent night sweats and vivid dreams – a specific example from their website are dreams (nightmares?) which feature “an affair with your very unattractive boss.” Their site is worth a read just for the lols, I’d suggest.

I’d probably not purchase this one, given that it’s pretty pricey and fairly tasteless. An interesting experience, nonetheless. I’ll let you know about the dreams.