Final tea of the day.
I got a lot of work done today, including finishing up one or two projects that I had been procrastinating on for a while. I really focused today, which was good. At the end of the day though, my brain was fried. I’ve been feeling listless for the last hour or so, kind of restless.
So what the hell, I figured now would be a perfect time to face one of my personal tea demons in the name of benefiting from its reputed therapeutic effects: chamomile.
Jude sent me some really good whole flower chamomile about a month and a half back in a swap – it smells sweet, but not nearly as metallic and cloying as chamomile from a teabag. I ended up mixing 1.5 tsp of chamomile flowers with 1.5 tsp of lemon myrtle to see if I could still get the relaxing benefits of chamomile without the taste. (By the way, it appears that lemon myrtle might be my go-to tea to mix with others. Lemon myrtle and spearmint? Yup)
It’s not bad, as it turns out! I added a glob of honey, which always makes things better. It’s still lemony with a very thick mouthfeel, but I don’t mind.
I wonder if you’d like my beloved Foxtrot. It’s chamomile mixed with several other teas that also have a calming effect. The end flavor is minty and sweet. You miss a lot of the chamomile flavor in it. It’s very, very good to me. ^^