(Sorry for posting late: I forgot to finish and post this yesterday.)
Today’s cup is this teapot cup, with a little strip design on the handle. It’s kind of cute. This tea cup is also holds about 8 ounces, so it’s easy to make tea for one person in it.
Today’s tea is Chamomile Medley from my April Tea Runners subscription box [as always, not sponsored]. To be honest, I’m not sure if I’m going to like this one. I didn’t pay enough attention to the ingredients of this tea before getting it, which has spearmint. I don’t really like minty tastes, and the tea leaves really do smell minty.
I followed the steeping directions, which is 1 teaspoon for every 8 ounces of 100 degrees Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit) water, for 4 minutes.
(I forgot to take a picture of the tea in the cup, but it’s a yellow colour when fully steeped.)
The aroma is a bit less minty and more flowery in the cup. The taste is flowery with a bit of lemon, and yes, there is mint, but it’s not overpowering as I had feared. As to be expected, it has a mild calming effect. If you hold it in your mouth for a moment, you get more of the lemon taste. The aftertaste features mostly lemon with a bit of mint.
My final thoughts are it’s not bad. For something called Chamomile Medley, I would expect more of a floral taste. I think the lemongrass and spearmint overpower it. But to be honest, I don’t think this is a tea I would get for myself again.
