So, what did I think? I think this ‘tea’ is perfect if you like drinking lavender. Which I have discovered I don’t, despite my love of all things lavenderish. But, I’ve made this for myself 3 or 4 times now, and each time it’s gone like this. Go to take a sip and my senses are yelling that it’s TOO LAVENDERY. Yuck! It’ll be like pouring a bottle of essential oil into my cup! It’s just wrong! (Drama queen about tea? Me??) And then I take a sip and it’s so smooth, and it’s lavendery, and I can’t really taste much else over the lavender, but it’s smooth and soft and leaves my mouth feeling really clean, and comforted. And this goes for most sips, although with less internal yelling, and then it’s finished and my stomach joins my mouth in feeling soothed, and I look bemusedly at the bottom of my cup and wonder whether I liked it or not.
Cara won’t even try it, given the strength of the lavender, so I probably won’t reorder, but at the same time, it’d be a wonderful thing to have around for soothing. Maybe? And for sure, anyone who straightforwardly likes drinking lavender tea should be right on this one.
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LOL if it cames to worse, you can make a bath sachet ;)
I do not like lavender notes either, not for food. Probably just the association of lavender with bath things, but it does not work for me too well. Though I got a sublime green tea which uses a hint of lavender mixed with red berries and thyme..
:) I have a taker for this, so no need for such drastic measures!
That mixture of tastes for the green sounds amazing! What’s the tea?
ick. floral tea. ick ick ick lol
ick ick ick lol says it all. :P
Oddly, I will probably like this. I do drink straight lavender only in small amounts (ie 5 0z at a time), but I prefer it to chamomile if I am drinking a Tisane as a sleep aid.
I am sort of ok with floral tea, just not with some florals, if that makes any sense. Jasmine, now I have had good jasmine tea, can be so lovely. And rose. And I have been wondering about ylang-ylang tea. But lavender, sadly it is just no go.
Oh, Teresa, i wasn’t saying that Sil’s “ick ick ick” was my feeling about all floral teas, just that it expressed her feelings very succinctly! I love jasmine green, and some rose teas, and a few others too. But ylang-ylang tea does not sound like anything I’d ever want to try. I find the essential oil sickly sweet even in mixes, so can’t imagine it tasting good. But will watch (from afar) with great interest if you do find one and give it a try!
LOL if it cames to worse, you can make a bath sachet ;)
I do not like lavender notes either, not for food. Probably just the association of lavender with bath things, but it does not work for me too well. Though I got a sublime green tea which uses a hint of lavender mixed with red berries and thyme..
:) I have a taker for this, so no need for such drastic measures!
That mixture of tastes for the green sounds amazing! What’s the tea?
ick. floral tea. ick ick ick lol
ick ick ick lol says it all. :P
Oddly, I will probably like this. I do drink straight lavender only in small amounts (ie 5 0z at a time), but I prefer it to chamomile if I am drinking a Tisane as a sleep aid.
I am sort of ok with floral tea, just not with some florals, if that makes any sense. Jasmine, now I have had good jasmine tea, can be so lovely. And rose. And I have been wondering about ylang-ylang tea. But lavender, sadly it is just no go.
Oh, Teresa, i wasn’t saying that Sil’s “ick ick ick” was my feeling about all floral teas, just that it expressed her feelings very succinctly! I love jasmine green, and some rose teas, and a few others too. But ylang-ylang tea does not sound like anything I’d ever want to try. I find the essential oil sickly sweet even in mixes, so can’t imagine it tasting good. But will watch (from afar) with great interest if you do find one and give it a try!