Echinacea Plus

Finishing up the Seasonal Sampler box that was bought for me while I ride out this cold.

Not reviewing this tea for medicinal purposes since I’m not well versed in the (un)substantiated claims of herbal medicine.

The steam is mostly mellow spearmint and lemongrass, a little musty and earthy floral going on. On the sip I notice the spearmint then that lemongrass takes over and leaves a light aftertaste and a feeling that reminds me of nettle tea. The musty, earthy floral is very slight. I’m not a fan of dried lemongrass but in this tea, maybe it’s fresher because it tastes more like lemon balm or lemon myrtle, leafier rather than grassier if that makes sense. It’s a pretty neutral herbal tea. I can see this being enjoyed by others.

This tea smells and tastes amazing! Echinacea is starting to become a favorite!

Merry Christmas Eve Eve :) i am skiing with the bf and his family this week and unfortunately have come down with a miserable cold, a very rare occurrence for me as I don’t get sick often at all, must be a powerful one. I bought some of this tea today and had a cup this afternoon that I could taste and am now unable to smell or taste anything lol so I am having another cup which I brewed for about 5 mins as compared to 2.5 mins earlier this afternoon. Hopefully it does its thing so I can ski tomo haha. Silly Christmas cold! Anyways, the cup I had earlier was nicely minty, mild citrus tang and that earthy, echinacea flavor. I imagine this cup is somewhat similar. Hope it works! Merry Christmas Steepster if I’m not back on before then!

Winter time tea to help out with the frickin’ chill of MSU’s campus. It helps out, but again, no panacea.

I forgot to pack some tea to go to work so I rummaged the cupboard at the library and saw that this was one of the few non-caffeine teas they have. I like herbal medicinal teas so I thought I would give ‘er a go. The main taste is the echinacea with mint (I personally don’t detect a citrus flavour that the packaging mentions). I find that the echinacea slightly dries out my mouth (the packaging says it’s a “tingling feeling” but I don’t find that). Overall it’s pretty good. I wouldn’t mind looking into this brand more because it seems like they don’t use any extra flavourings which is really unusual for herbals (and even more unusual for bagged tea herbals!) and they focus more on ingredients with health benefits.

Breaking out the medicinal teas to try to help fight this cold. This one tastes… herbal. The lemongrass and spearmint are there, but mild. I probably wouldn’t drink this just for the taste, but it’s ok.

I was feeling a bit woozy this afternoon so I decided on my way home from work that I would have either a cup of this tea or an Airborne tablet as soon as I got home. Tea wins. My sweet husband offered to make me a cup and I was glad to let him do it. He isn’t feeling his best either so hopefully we aren’t coming down with something. So today I’m drinking this not for the taste, but for the herbs that will hopefully pull me back from the brink of whatever sickness I’ve caught from work. The taste is still decent, much like a plain chamomile tea, so I’m enjoying it.

Part of the traditional medicinals sampler. This one was ok. I didn’t notice any change in my cold symptoms (although yes I know echinacea doesn’t work that fast, but I have had several colds in the last 3 weeks so I don’t think it worked) I was no super impressed by this sampler, will probably keep looking, if I don’t find something better I may come back to this or I may just take the pills.

I woke up Sunday (2 days ago) morning with my head aching, my sinuses COMPLETELY blocked, so much so that I could not breathe through my nose let alone taste or smell anything. My voice was hoarse and I felt achy and awful. “Ah here we go, this is gonna be really bad”. You know that feeling when your on the verge of getting REAL sick? Yep, that was me. Well, I headed out to the mall (I was determined to pick up some tea at Teavana’s and no stinkin sickness was stopping me..and it was the only morning I had without three small kids to care for so I HAD to go if I wanted to shop in peace. Well, I stopped in Shopper’s Drug Mart and saw this. I already use the daily detox tea by Traditional Medicinals and know they make quality stuff. I picked this up and hit up Teavana for some tea and headed home. I proceeded to drink 2 bag cups all day long. I probably drank 5 or 6 cups (16 oz mug brewed with 2 bags for about 10-15 minutes) Well I tell you it’s a bloody miracle!! I am SURE this stuff kicked my immune system into high gear and I dodged a major bullet! i am a tiny bit stuffed up but NOTHING like Sunday! I can breath through my nose and my taste and smell came back the day after power drinking this stuff. If you feel yourself getting sick BUY THIS AND DRINK LOTS RIGHT AWAY! It works, it really does! I highly recommend this tea and it saved me from having to deal with a 6,5 and 2 year old while horribly ill..in other words it saved me from hell on earth lol. This will be my go to tea when I feel a bug coming on. And it tastes ok too!

This was not my cuppa! very strong earthy echinacea flavor….and nothing else. I would drink for medicinal purposes only.