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Just some post-lunch digestive aid.

A couple of cups this afternoon.

Not a bad bagged green. Sipping (okay, really, gulping) at work.

The last of the tasty, inexpensive shou.

Big pot of this for the afternoon!

I am back, after some long and log-less travels! (I did drink tea, during them, though.)
Starting off my morning with a bit of oatmeal and some of this delicious and naturally sweet black tea. No, the tea is not in the oatmeal…this time.

Upon opening the bag, I oddly smell spearmint – not chamomile – first thing. Hmmm, how strange. The ingredients on the package only list chamomile, rose petals, and “soothing herbs.” As their website reveals, one of those herbs is spearmint leaves. Mystery solved (except for why the spearmint smells so strongly!) The taste of “Calm” involves a lot of flavors. As per the website, the herbs are quite a few things, all of which play their part in the taste of this blend. Thankfully, the chamomile presents its flavor above all the others – very good. The spearmint takes a back seat and the lemongrass laces the edges. Floating through the middle, somewhere, are subtle notes of rose and lavender, just barely present.

My main problem with this blend – everything tastes a bit flat, like the ingredients are old or something of that nature.

Tazo could have done far, far worse than this blend, and I quite like that they seem to have spent the effort to craft it well. On my personal enjoyment scale, I would rate it a 76/100.

Almost out of this one too. Hmmm, if I am out of four teas by a company, does that mean a journey to that tea shop is in order? I think so!