Starry Night from Empire Tea Services

Tea Information:

Leaf Type:  Herbal Tisane

Where to Buy:  Empire Tea Services

Product Description: 

Chamomile, Spearmint, Passion Fruit leaves, Lomon Greass, Orange peel, Cinnamon, Strawberry leaves, flavoring

Taster’s Review:

I love the name of this tea.  If you’ve read many of my posts, you probably are aware that I’m not only a tea enthusiast, but I also love art.  My favorite work of art of all time is Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh.  In fact, the tea mug from which I am sipping this tisane at this very moment is a “Starry Night” mug with a print of the painting on it.

However, I wasn’t so sure that I’d love the tisane.  It is a chamomile blend, and chamomile is one of those ingredients that doesn’t exactly excite me when it comes to tisanes.

The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh, photo from Wikipedia

But, I must say that this tisane is actually quite tasty.  The combination of ingredients just seems to work.  (Check out the list of ingredients above, this tisane has quite a bit going on!)  The fruit-like tones of the chamomile melds together with the lemongrass and the hints of fruit flavor in the fruit leaves to give it a hint of fruity essence without coming across as too fruity or sweet.

It has a herbaceous overtone, but again, it isn’t too overwhelming nor does it end up tasting medicinal.  It tastes soothing and serene … in fact, this tisane makes me feel very much the way the painting makes me feel:  calm.

 

 

 

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