Bekah came back from a visit to the States and gave me some tea! In the true spirit of the Boston Tea Party and the liberty teas that followed, the tea that she got me was actually a tisane: chamomile almond.

Fun fact: although the Boston Tea Party took place on December 6, 1773, the act itself wasn’t called a “tea party” until 1829, “when the Providence Patriot reported the death of a ninety-seven year-old resident by the name of Nicholas Campbell, who “was one of the ever memorable Boston Tea Party, Who committed one of the first acts of resistance to British oppression.” ” (from A Social History of Tea by Jane Pettigrew and Bruce Richardson)

The tea came in teabags, so I don’t have a picture of the leaves. But it basically smelled like chamomile out of the box – I didn’t get any almond at all.

As you can see, the brewed tisane was a yellow colour and I managed to get a whiff of almond. In terms of taste, it was mostly chamomile (as expected), with an unexpected sweet, almost caramel, note at the end. Was that the almond?

Overall, this was a pleasant twist on the usual chamomile. The sweetness in the tea wasn’t too strong and I thought that it balanced well with the chamomile. I think this would be a good bedtime tisane, for when I want something that isn’t my usual ginger tea.