I love herbal blends and drink them all day longer regardless of what time it is. Chamomile has never had that sleepy affect on me and I’ve yet to find an evening blend that relaxes me because of what is in the cuppa, not just the act of drinking tea. (Drinking tea is therapeutic to me overall.)
Enter Headache Begone! A Tea Mistress Herbal Blend. Brewed with water at boiling and allowed to steep for about 7 minutes, this tea may not have cleared up the headache I had, but did something else. This tea literally relaxed me from head to toe. One serving of this tea had me droopy eyed and ready to call it a night. I couldn’t believe it. One serving of this tea had me droopy eyed and ready to call it a night. I couldn’t believe it. Wasn’t sure if it was the combo of chamomile, passionflower, and peppermint, but this tea was my hero for helping me get a solid night’s sleep.
Besides the affect the tea had on me, the herbal blend had a great taste as well. Minty, citrusy, with a herbaceous tone. Really easy to sip for an herbal blend. Sometimes the herb blends just go to far for me and the taste isn’t smooth. This blend was just about as perfect as you can get with an herbal blend that as a wellness factor to it. I actually ended up placing an order for more of this blend.
I have a pretty stressful job, am a mom, and am the admin for SororiTea Sisters along with having my own tea business. To say I’m a busy cat is an understatement. At night it seems like my mind turns forever in trying to think if I have everything I need done or set for the next day. With this tea, I’ve been able to enjoy a more restful sleep and even more relaxing evening. I used to grab for a cup of wine and still will but it sure is nice to have an herbal blend ready for those nights where I might need a bit more comforting. Can’t confirm whether or not the tea helps with headaches, but this tea sure relaxes me!
Here’s the scoop!
Leaf Type: Herbal
Where to Buy: The Tea Mistress
Description
Organic ingredients: feverfew, chamomile, passionflower, meadowsweet, peppermint, lemon balm, white willow bark, linden, corriander
Learn even more about this tea and tea company here!
Organic Turmeric with Meadowsweet & Ginger from Traditional Medicinals. . . . .
My latest Sipsby box arrived and in it was several packages of this Organic Turmeric with Meadowsweet & Ginger tea by Traditional Medicinals. This isn’t something I would have ever picked for myself but I guess something in my profile suggested I would enjoy it. I guess that in and of itself warrants giving this a try.
Well it is not bad but it is also not a tea I would be all that interested in having again. I don’t often reach for herbals and this is a herbal through and through. When hot, there is a ginger burn, though just slightly and even that touch of burn is drowned out by a sweetness that I want to attribute to the Meadowsweet (but that is because of the name as I haven’t had this herb previously and when I tried researching what it is supposed to taste like, it just said “pleasant”). Before that burn and sweetness sets in though, there is a savory bitterness and that I think is contributed by the turmeric.
Each ingredient brings something different and for those that like these flavors, this could be a nice combination of the bunch. However, for me tea is about desserts and indulgence. This tastes like medicine to me which isn’t the indulgence I am looking for, though I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised when drinking a tea from a company called Traditional Medicinals.
Here’s the scoop!
Leaf Type: Herbal
Where to Buy: Traditional Medicinals
Description
Inflammation might get a bad rap, but it really can be a useful signal after exercise. Our formula honors this indication with turmeric, a root praised by healers around the world. Reinforced by the power of meadowsweet— historically used much like turmeric—and ginger’s warming properties, our tea represents an herbal trifecta of ancient wisdom and soothing relief.*
Learn even more about this tea and tea company here!
Reine Des Prés Tisane from Les 2 Marmottes
Tisane Information:
Leaf Type: Tisane
Where to Buy: Les 2 Marmottes
Tisane Description:
Draped her velvet dress and crowned with delicate flowers, it emerges from this plant a benevolent sovereign sweetness. When she let them approach, it is possible to leap at his flowery fragrance . . . this is a sweet herbal notes to sing the melody of the long summer evenings.
Learn more about this tea here.
Taster’s Review:
I remembered meadowsweet was one of the ingredients in the Retour a La Ligne blend (also by Les 2 Marmottes), but I really can’t remember having a pure meadowsweet tisane as this is until now, so I was interested in trying it. If nothing else, it expands my repertoire of herbs and their flavors.
So, I didn’t really know exactly what to expect from this tisane. When I go into a tisane tasting like this – without any significant first hand knowledge of what the herb tastes like – I’m a little apprehensive (to say the least!) but I’m very happily surprised by this Reine Des Pres! This is really quite tasty!
It’s a near perfect combination of flowery and herbaceous tastes. I taste a pollen-y, delicate flowery taste, and I can taste herb-y flavors in there too. But mostly what I taste is SWEET. This is deliciously sweet, like honey!
I steeped the tea bag in 8 ounces of near boiling (195°F) water for 10 minutes, and the result is a golden amber colored liquid that smells sweet and a little bit like a meadow of wildflowers. Now, I can’t say that I recall the last time I was in a meadow of wildflowers. I can’t even say that I’ve ever been in a meadow of wildflowers except for maybe in my daydreams. But on those days when I had those dreams, this is what I imagined that meadow of wildflowers to smell like.
Sweet, reminiscent of pollen, honey, and delicate hints of flower. Notes of herb. It’s really quite enjoyable to sip. It feels quite soothing and relaxing. And as I sit here, sipping this tisane, I wonder why it is that I’m only just now trying a pure infusion of meadowsweet.
How is it that this is an herb that escapes the notice of many a tea blender? It’s quite delightful, and I think that more tea blenders should be adding this to their blends. I can imagine how much more tasty it would make blends with some of my less than favorite herbs like ginseng or chamomile or hibiscus, and with it’s honeyed taste, I think it would amplify those honey notes of rooibos and honeybush.
I hope to find more teas and/or tisanes with meadowsweet in them … I’m enjoying this!
Retour a La Ligne Green Tea Blend from Les 2 Marmottes
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Green
Where to Buy: Les 2 Marmottes
Tea Description:
This Tea will be your partner throughout the day as part of your weight loss mission. Flexible, it adapts to any situation. It is hot, warm or even cold, it is always delicious. Temptations no longer have control. You’re all set!
Learn more about this tea here.
Taster’s Review:
It was exciting to receive this box of samples – all the way from France! This Retour a La Ligne Green Tea Blend is the first that I’m trying from this new-to-me company, Les 2 Marmottes.
When you visit the Les 2 Marmottes website, you’ll find that you need to translate the website … unless you are able to read French. Alas … I am not, thankfully Google Chrome will translate it for me.
The dry leaf smells strongly of mint. Of course, this could be not only because of the spearmint but because of the meadowsweet. It’s a very fresh and uplifting fragrance. The brewed tea has a slightly softer mint aroma and I can detect the notes of the green tea and verbena now.
The flavor is much more subdued than I expected it to be, given the strong minty fragrance. The mint notes here are subtle but refreshing. The green tea has a sweet, buttery taste. There is a herbaceous overtone to this, tasting a bit more like an herbal tisane made of green herbals rather than a green tea.
I taste distant notes of fruit too, but they are a little difficult to discern because they’re off in the distance somewhere behind the stronger herbal notes. It’s a calming drink to sip, I find myself relaxing more with each sip I take.
Overall, this is a pleasant, mild tasting beverage. I don’t know if I taste anything from the tail cherries (or cherry stems), then again, I can’t recall ever having a tea with tail cherries in the list of ingredients so I don’t know what kind of contribution this ingredient makes to the overall flavor of the tea. I do taste spearmint and I do taste green tea. I taste notes of verbena and a slight sharp note from the meadowsweet.
It’s an interesting cuppa! With my first few sips, I was a little unsure if I was liking it, but now that I’ve nearly finished the cup, I find myself wanting a little more, so that’s gotta tell you something, right?