Tea and Me

One of the sets of tea bags I received in the free goody bag from Camellia’s Tea House last month was called Sleep Well . As someone who suffers from chronic insomnia, I am open to anything that might aid in helping me sleep so I was interested in trying it. It’s actually an infusion as it doesn’t contain any type of tea leaves but I will still be treating it as if it is tea.  I did have some slight concern as one of the ingredients is my old nemesis chamomile but as it contained plenty of other (potentially) good stuff too, I decided to give it a go. Ingredients: Valerian, hops, chamomile, lemon verbena, hawthorn, red clover, violet and spearmint. They describe it thus: ‘Sleep Well is a lovely infusion which combines lemon verbena with chamomile to produce a gentle and soothing infusion with delightful undertones of mint. The ingredients of the tea are believed to ease insomnia and promote restful sleep.’ Wrapped in a sealed foil packet, the infusion...

I just wanted to stop by and say hello as I haven't posted recently because I've been away, visiting my mother in sunny Spain.  I took the Honey Bee Beautiful over there and sure enough, as I had predicted, she liked it - although she did admit to me that she absolutely detests pure chamomile tea (you live and learn*).  The smell of the honey is still very enticing - I could smell it from the other side of the room. It's a shame it's not more honey and less chamomile. Talking of chamomile, when I get a moment I shall be posting a review of another tea containing chamomile, but not tonight. Even at weekends, I need some sleep. Sadly, since the last time I posted I have had an accident with the rather excellent pink teapot Miss Q bought for me for my birthday. During a migraine attack, which caused several high-value casualties - clumsiness is even more pronounced during attacks, I caught the pot with my elbow and knocked it to the floor where the handle fell off, le...