April Sipdown Challenge – a sample you put off trying

I don’t know why I thought this was going to be a sharp and unpleasant tea. Maybe I assumed the rose hips would be a bigger factor.

It is indeed a deep golden color steeped, and tasted almost exclusively of chamomile, but it is some of the better chamomile I have tried. More floral, less hay. The lemon balm is very mild but this is a really old sample, and a really large one. It won’t be a true sipdown for at least two more pots, which I might coerce Ashman into drinking tonight and tomorrow night, because I am on a bit of a roll sipdown-wise.

My shelves are looking so neat and orderly (almost) as I have made room, repackaged, and rearranged teas. I have a new tea padawan who has been a great means of easily gifting tea and tea steeping equipment, and that has helped, too!

In my rummaging, I found a couple more teas that are near sipdown level and are past date, but they are shelf staples and will be re-ordered.

This is a decent tea and one that would be good to have on hand for bedtime sipping.

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I am a music teacher, tutor, and former homeschool mom (25 years!) who started drinking loose leaf tea about fifteen years ago! My daughters and I have tea every day, and we are frequently joined by my students or friends for “tea time.” Now my hubby joins us, too. His tastes have evolved from Tetley with milk and sugar to mostly unadorned greens and oolongs.

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