Chamomile Citrus
9
Percentile
4 ratings |
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Commercial Description
...Egyptian chamomile flowers and subtle slices of citrus fruit...From intoxicating aroma to sweet flavor, this signature herbal tea infusion...with chamomile, fruits and herbs reflects our vision of the artisan tea experience.
Ratings & Reviews
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78 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 3/5Tchuggin' Okie (413 reviews) on Mar. 16th, 2025
Here's another Mighty Leaf offering obtained from a stay at College of DuPage's little on-campus hotel. I must say, few hotels (even including the likes of Hilton or Hyatt), or Air-BnB type places I've ever seen, provide such an expensive tea brand, and they had multitudes of several flavors. That was a nice touch! However, the per-bag online prices make me cringe (the lowest I found being $8.16 for 15-ct box at Office Supply, of all places). I'm guessing the hotel got it wholesale for a good bit less.
As with most (all?) Mighty Leaf teas, the "bags" really are fixed doses of loose-leaf product, sewn into silken sachets with a cloth thread that extends to a paper tag. Chunks of lemongrass, orange peel and dried reddish rose hips and hibiscus are readily apparent, as are spearmint leaves, whitish pieces of orange blossoms, and the quite finely chopped chamomile flowers. The blend also contains lemon myrtle. Dry-bag aroma is mostly lemony, with some chamomile, generic fruitiness and mint apparent—nice, but nowhere nearly as rich as the flavor.
In steeping a few bags, both there and at home, I found that the flavor gets good at 3-4 minutes, but is strongest well north of five (say, 6-8 minutes), then levels off approximately asymptotically thereafter. At some point, you start sacrificing thermal heat for stronger taste, so I'd advise basing your steeping on how hot you want this, more than how tasty. And it is quite tasty!
Even though the tea is categorized here as Chamomile Blend, that flavor takes a decided backseat to the fruitiness, which is a strong, balanced, naturally sweet, citrusy lemon/orange blend with a fruit-punch character probably brought about by addition of hibiscus and rose hips. There's also a slight bitterness, not offputting but somewhat surprising. I don't know where that comes from. With mild mint and faint chamomile also floating in the taste and aroma, it yields a flavor profile unique in my tea-drinking experience, a song of taste I like a lot. Just don't expect much chamomile in the choir.
67 Aroma: 6/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 4/5Lindsay (20 reviews) on Oct. 18th, 2014
The scent of the dry tea is intense lemon! and orange! and then some faint chamomile in the background. Brewed, the scent mellows out considerably to a more generic citrus, and I can detect the lemongrass and maybe a hint of the mint. The taste is also quite citrusy, a bit tart (but in a good way – maybe that’s the hibiscus but if so it’s quite subtle) and an interesting blend with orange peel, lemongrass, and lemon myrtle all contributing. I can barely detect the chamomile, which works pretty well for me, but might not be a plus for you chamomile fans out there. :)
47 Aroma: 5/10 Flavor: 2/5 Value: 3/5willow1584 (50 reviews) on Dec. 21st, 2011
I did not care for the flavor of this tea. Although it contains orange flavors from flowers and orange peel, I tasted none, just a bad lemon flavor that doesn't even resemble real lemon juice.
The tea does work well for calming frayed nerves, but for me, is not a palate pleaser. I like the silk bags and unbleached strings, it does create a nice brewing, but the flavor just isn't for me.
93 Aroma: 10/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 4/5Christine (1 reviews) on Dec. 9th, 2009
The tea smells and tates great. Full of flavor.
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External Reviews
Our editorial team has selected the following reviews from other websites:
- Chamomile Citrus Review - My Steeped IdentiTEA
Jul. 2, 2008
A very positive review of this blend, remarking that it tasted just like it smelled, with strong but not overwhelming lemon and orange, concluding with describing this blend as very relaxing.
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