Though this is marketed as an immunity blend, I’ve actually been holding up well this winter and managed to dodge the sick bullet that went through another department here at the library. But I am in pretty bad pain today (the menstrual double-whammy of migraine + cramps… my fellow migraineurs out there know exactly what I’m talking about!) so I made a big thermos of this at lunch to hopefully help boost the anti-inflammatory drugs. While I’m pretty skeptical about purported herbal health benefits, it at least can’t hurt anything…
Honestly, this tastes very on par with one of my earliest teas, Celestial Seasoning’s “Tension Tamer.” Which makes sense, both being very echinacea/mint heavy. The flavor is a sort of grainy dry hay mixed with mint, with a touch of herbaceous citrus from the lemongrass. Most cups of this I’ve made had a slightly weird tangy note at the end of the sip which I assume is the elderberries and rose hips, but I’m not getting that with this cup, so maybe it’s a “luck of the scoop” issue or something that only comes out with a really long steep (I’m known to just “leave the bag in” on herbals when I’m sipping at home in the evening, but today I did a 10 minute steep and then removed the leaves).
It’s not particularly exciting, but are sick teas ever, really? It’s a bit herbaceous in the taste which isn’t my favorite, but I’ve definitely tasted healthy herbal blends that were way worse. The mint does a good job of hiding a lot of the weirder notes.
Flavors: Citrus, Grain, Hay, Herbaceous, Lemongrass, Mint, Oats, Tangy
