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Found this at the bottom of an office file box, in a zipper baggie. No idea where I got it, or when: 3–8 yrs ago. These are simple, string-tag tea bags, containing ground or milled chamomile flower particles. Brewed 1 bag in 8 oz boiling alpine spring water for 4 min. Nice aroma of chamomile. Taste is somewhat diminished as compared to fresh, whole chamomile obtained elsewhere, possibly due to age or processing or cultivar and terroir. BUT it is still potent and relaxing after a long day of sipping a bunch of other teas! Nice long finish, too. No off-flavor imparted by the (paper) bag or string. I’m sure it was inexpensive and I had only kept the front panel of the box, as pictured. As a straight single-herb tisane, the flavor is unidimensional but, if one wanted a simple chamomile tisane, this could hit the spot. PS: looking up the tea company, I see they are located in Croatia some 60 km from Zagreb. How exciting! They say the Croatian chamomile is the best in the world :-)

Flavors: Chamomile

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 87 OZ / 2572 ML

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Pan-American: Left-coast reared (on Bigelow’s Constant Comment and Twinings’ Earl Grey) and right-coast educated, I’ve used this moniker (and Email) since the glory days of AOL in the 90’s, reflecting two of my lifelong loves—tea and ‘Trek. Now a midwestern science guy (right down to the Hawaiian shirts), I’m finally broadening the scope of my sippage and getting into all sorts of Assamicas, from mainstream Assam CTCs to Taiwan blacks & TRES varietals, to varied Pu’erhs. With some other stuff tossed in for fun. Love reading other folks’ tasting notes (thank you), I’ve lurked here from time to time and am now adding a few notes of my own to better appreciate the experience. You can keep the rooibos LoL! Note that my sense of taste varies from the typical, for example I find stevia to be unsweet and bitter. My revulsion to rooibos may be similarly genetic.
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