Celestial Seasonings – Sleepytime Throat Tamer Tea Review

There are so many amazing tea companies from Colorado, and Celestial Seasonings is another one of them. I’ll be reviewing one of their caffeine free herbal supplement teas today – Sleepytime Throat Tamer.  To start, the ingredients of this tea are chamomile, licorice, tilia estrella (a flower), ginger root, slippery elm bark, spearmint, west Indian lemongrass and natural lemon and ginger flavours with other natural flavours (contains soy lecithin).  Phew what a mouthful – no pun intended.  The dosage of the first 5 ingredients are:

Chamomile (Matricaria recutita) (flowers) 550mg
Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) (root) 260mg
Tilia estrella (Ternstroemia pringlei) (flowers) 150mg
Ginger (Zingiber officinale) (root) 70mg
Slippery Elm Bark (Ulmus rubra) 35mg

The purpose of this tea is to soothe minor throat irritations that may occur between seasonal changes.  This is all too common when the harsh cold winter turns into spring!

Herbal supplement in a cup

I brewed this caffeine free tea with water that was almost at boiling point for 6 minutes or so.  With herbal teas you can always steep longer to get a stronger flavour without risk of it being too bitter.  After steeping the tea became a dark golden brown.  It smelt heavily of lemongrass and chamomile when I first dipped my nose into the tea.  Now comes the sipping.  This tea was very light in body and is very soothing.  There was a strong kick to the tea from the licorice, ginger and slippery elm.

If you’ve never had licorice as a root before, there is the possibility that you may not like this herb!  Licorice as a herb gives off a sweet and almost minty type of sensation in your mouth.  It can be very refreshing and cooling to the body.  it’s great for reducing inflammation and detoxifying.  Please note licorice root is not safe for pregnant or breastfeeding women, so if you are, do not take this tea.

Overall, I recommend this tea, if you need something soothing to sip throughout the day, in the evening or at night to sooth the throat and cool the soul.

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Two Leaves and a Bud – Organic Pomi-Berry, Peppermint and Chamomile Tea Review

I’m going to be reviewing a trio of caffeine free herbal teas from Two Leaves and a Bud today.  It’s 5pm and I really don’t want caffeine coursing through my veins if I go to hot yoga tonight.  The three teas are peppermint, chamomile and Pomi-Berry.

like a hug from your favourite grandmother

I’m starting with the Pomi-Berry first.  The ingredients are organic: chamomile, lemon balm, lavender, apple, linden flowers, lemongrass, hibiscus, strawberries, raspberries and natural berry flavor.  The tea is a nice smell of chamomile and berries.  The color of the tea is brown with a red tones underneath.  The tea tastes strongly of chamomile and apples!  There is a hint of citrus and lemongrass on the end note.  The taste is very mellow.  I think this would be a good tea to drink while you’re camping.  This tea is so down to earth and cozy, it’s like hug from your grandmother.

full fat buds

Next is the chamomile tea.  This is every sick persons favourite.  The ingredients are pure organic Egyptian chamomile flowers.  The flower heads are left fully intact in the teabag.  Many companies choose to use broken down versions of the flower heads.  This tea is silky smooth, light and super gentle.  I love their version of this classic herbal tea.

Finally we have the 100% organic peppermint tea.  Peppermint is excellent for digestion, so after a heavy heavy meal this would be the tea to enjoy.  This peppermint definitely has some body and kick to it.  Some peppermint is thin and watery without much taste.  The mintyness is akin to my mouthwash!  Wow.  It’s very nice.  Talk about peppermint umami.  I could really go for some chocolate right now to complement this cup!

7/15 down – 8 more teas to go!

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