Celestial Seasonings

I forget how easy this is to brew and go, with no bitterness or excessive cinnamon. There was a box squirrled away in my cupboard that I opened to take on a road trip. I use two tea bags for a 16 oz go mug and get spicy cinnamon goodness to keep me awake. I certainly wouldn’t reach for it at other times, but for fall or winter travel, its pretty convenient.

Updated Review – I first had this tea about 14 months ago and have continued to drink it like others drink coffee. I’m now buying it by the case. Amazon is a fairly reliable source, although they sell out. Occasionally finding it in local stores, where my wife clears the shelves when she see’s it (literally, she brought home 7 boxes of it last week). The issue is that there are only 12 tea bags per box. You can get two cups out of one bag, but the caffeine hit is only in the first one.
I stand by my first review – in fact, I’m bumping my rating. And I am almost ashamed to admit, I like this one with a splash of half-n-half; always thought those Brits were crazy…maybe not so much :)

Surprisingly good! The tea is not overly harsh and the vanilla is right there. Does not have an overprocessed or chemical aftertaste. It does pack a punch – the caffeine is real. I checked the recommend box because it is good enough and does the job of giving me a kickstart in the morning; enough that I picked up 2 additional boxes. Can’t say I don’t recommend it if I’m buying more.

Do I get double points for two April health teas? This particular line of wellness teas evidently isn’t catching on in our neck of the woods—I keep finding them on the discount-please-take-it-home shelves; this time, at Big Lots.

Ah, well…serendipity for me, especially in the case of this oddball, but tasty blend that contains oatmeal, cinnamon, coconut milk, green banana flour, a little licorice, and dried blueberries.

I steeped my first bag in a mug with a dark interior, so I couldn’t tell whether it looks cloudy or milky due to the grainy ingredients. The oats are the first thing I noticed, then the cream from the coconut and banana flour (which didn’t taste banana-y), and the cinnamon that strengthened along the way, since I just left the bag in.

Overall, it was quite tasty—think “baby food” but in the most pleasant way, and if it cleans out the residue left by less-than-stellar dietary habits and a few Easter jelly beans, all the better!

Well, cold and flu season is upon us — one of the three in our household is significantly under the weather, one is sniffling, and I have neither the time nor the inclination to follow suit. So I’m spraying, sanitizing, and Cloroxing like a woman obsessed, and following up with all things immunity-boostish.

So I’m glad I still have a few bags of this Immune Support variety on hand. It’s got ginger, turmeric, and black pepper to clean out whatever clogs you; creates a pleasant little throat burn on the way down. I wish they had tweaked it to be just a touch more lemony, though, to camouflage the mild metallic tang that must be the added zinc and/or supplemental Vitamin C.

I found this box at a Big Lots, which is often the last stop before a product is discontinued, but it looks like the TeaWell series is still readily available from Celestial Seasonings.

Here’s my April healthy tea: a “take a chance” grab on sale for $2 since I like to keep a lemon ginger tea on hand for tummy troubles and didn’t have any.

I’m too lazy to get up, but I need to look more closely at the label and compare to the Celestial Seasonings information I copied here. I would swear mine has lemongrass as well as regular ol’ lemon itself.

Plenty of ginger in the cup to warm your tongue, but either the lemon is very understated or the minerally taste of the zinc is very overstated, so it has a medicinal, rather than a fruity feel. A little honey might help next time around.

Method: Teabag
Steep Time: Entire duration of experience
Water Temp: Boiling
Brew style: Mug/ Western

Dry leaf smells spicy.

Steeps up beige-y yellowish brown, the exact color of fresh gingerroot.

Liquor smells of ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, and black pepper.

Liquor has a brothlike, extremely warming mouthfeel. Sharp ginger, cinnamon, and black pepper notes are most prominent, rounded out by a sweet, haylike aftertaste from the licorice, star anise, and turmeric. It’s medicinal, good for when you feel under the weather.

it tastes like waffles. delicious.

I used to hate chamomile tea. Couldn’t stand the smell or the taste. Somewhere along lhe line in my adulthood, I began to tolerate it and can understand why it’s a good bedtime brew. I do find it soothing and relaxing and the taste is smooth and unassuming. This one is a tad odd though, in that I couldn’t really taste anything except the chamomile. No creamy vanilla and no sweet honey. There is a touch of something sweet but I certainly can’t tell if it’s honey or not. It felt like I was drinking a plain ol’ cup of chamomile tea. I would’ve rated this higher had the other flavours been detectable but I am totally fine with it tasting like plain chamomile. The flavour is good regardless and I’ll keep drinking any kind of chamomile tea while insomnia continues to haunt me.