Yellow and Blue

Sipdown no. 79 of the year 2014 and my 700th tasting note! Well, that was poor planning. I should have arranged it so that I had the 80th sipdown on the 700th note. ;-)

I remember this being one of the better camomile blends I’ve had. I only had enough left in the sample packet to make about half a cup, but it does remain one of the better camomiles in my book.

For me, pretty much any blend with camomile in it, if the camomile can be tasted, succeeds or fails on the taste of the camomile. In my previous note I mentioned how some camomiles taste to me the way I’d imaging a mouth full of dried flowers would taste. The ones that succeed don’t have that quality.

This blend’s camomile has a freshness to the taste that persists despite the age of this sample. I’m not sure whether it’s the quality of the camomile or the influence of the lavender or some of both, but there’s some sweetness as well that makes this a very pleasant tisane.

Having had some not so great camomile in the past couple of months, I’m boosting the rating a tad and putting this on the wish list, even though it’s still a question mark to me whether I’ll ultimately order it. I do think that even if one isn’t a camomile lover, it makes sense to have a really good camomile in one’s collection for those rare times when it seems like nothing else will do.

Chamomile and lavender.

And that’s about all I can say about it.

This was a sipdown, and not one that I feel I need to replace. I think my tastes have turned elsewhere for night time teas, like nice flavored honeybush, chamomile blends with a little more going on, or even plain mint.

Speaking of tastes going elsewhere…as of this morning I seem to have lost my sense of taste and smell almost completely. I thought my Earl Grey at breakfast was unthinkabky light. Then the Christmas Green I made Ashman was little more than hot water. I made a matcha latte with my cheapest matcha and could taste the sugar but that was it. Hopefully, these services will be restored shortly. Thanks, Covid.

A pot of this as my last tea before I tuck off into bed.
I like this, but it hardly knocks my socks anywhere. It does what it says it will, be a relaxing tea, with an added hint of lavender.
I’ve got a bit of this left, for a few more nights with Yellow and Blue, but I dont think I’ll get it again, though I would certainly not reject a cup ever.

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(knocking down a whole lot of sipdowns wow this is great)

So I really wanted to drink tea tonight but none of the teas that I had really seemed good right now? My roommate came home from work and brought home cookies and I had milk instead. She was actually really surprised that I wasn’t drinking tea! But I was all… tea sounds GREAT but I own no teas that satisfy my craving.

So here I am. Drinking some Yellow & Blue because out of the teas that I have, this was the one that sounded the best. I’ve been avoiding this sipdown because there’s just SO much chamomile left in this tea, and I’m not exactly the biggest fan of chamomile. Like it’s nice, but this just had SO much in the blend!
And chamomile is probably the ugliest tea when it comes to sipdowns. Like you rarely get the flowers, you just get the weirdo little pellet things that comes out I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT’S CALLED IGNORE ME IT’S MIDNIGHT.

MIDNIGHT. YELLOW & BLUE. LOTS OF CHAMOMILE. DRINKING OUT OF MIKE WAZOWSKI’S BRAINS. YEP OKAY AM DONE SLEEPING SOON GOODNIGHT.

I had a really lovely Chamomile & Lavender blend the other day, however it’s been discontinued so was hoping this would be similar ..

Unfortunately the Chamomile was so dominant that I wouldn’t have known anything else was in there had I not seen what was in the bag prior :(
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A dynamic duo! This is quickly becoming my go-to for relaxing before bedtime. Colorful, alluring perfume with significant flavor (definitely more than I expected from the very light color). One of my floral-y favorites.

I love chamomile and lavender, so this was an obvious purchase for me. Drinking it with almond milk gives this some extra body, which I felt was lacking when I had it with skim. The chamomile is nice, though the lavender could be stronger for my tastes. I became bored with this one after a few cups, so I’ve started giving it my usual chamomile treatment, which means adding flavoring syrup and (soy) milk. I’m enjoying it again, but I think I prefer bagged grocery store chamomile.

I bought this because I like the plain chamomile and I like the plain lavender so I thought 2 teas, one tea box, more space in the cabinet. Unfortunately, I can’t really taste the lavender. And, I do prefer the strong lavender taste… and find it very relaxing. The tea sachet does look very pretty though. And, it taste nice as a chamomile tea. Just not really lavender-ey enough.

This is a decent blend. It does not taste very much like lavender, mostly like chamomile. It is a little sweeter than some straight chamomiles that I have had. I like to drink this in sachets, because I can easily grab it out of the cupboard and prepare it without even turning on the lights late at night.