Twinings Camomile & Spearmint

I have been at home ill after a major operation recently and I have been told to keep my liquid intake up. I find water pretty boring and in this cold weather it is nice to have a warm drink. My lovely husband went out and bought a shopping bag fill of different fruit teas. I am going to review them here, as I have had quite a few cups of each sort. It is amazing how different they can be. Happy reading! CAMOMILE AND SPEARMINT I have always been a big fan of both camomile and spearmint teas but this is the first time I have tried them together. I have to say it works really well together. The spearmint is pretty strong and this is the dominant flavour ...  Read the complete review

Twinings camomile & Spearmint Infusions - a wonderful drink to send you to sleep. As someone who sometimes has difficulty sleeping I think this stuff is amazing. I discovered it after trying pure camomile tea and finding it tasted so vile I could hardly drink it and any effects it had in terms of making me sleepy were counteracted by my disgust at the taste! The combination of camomile with spearmint results in something that doesn't have a very strong flavour at all - which is kind of perfect for something you want to send you to sleep. The flavours seem to cancel each other out quite a lot so you're left with something that is subtly minty ...  Read the complete review

I have mixed feelings about herbal teas. Sometimes they seem to taste of grass clippings seasoned with house dust (not that I’ve tried that particular combination) but occasionally they just hit the spot. I drink too much tea and coffee and it often seems a good idea to try another type of hot drink in order to prevent my insides looking like the inside of grandpa’s tea pot. So, our cupboard seems to gradually fill up with boxes of herbal infusions, each one opened but strangely full of unused bags. The thing is they look so nice on the supermarket shelf, their colourful boxes offering fruity delights, reviving thoughts of childhood Ribena, or home-made ...  Read the complete review

I am a big fan of fruit teas, and this is one of the few varieties I've found that I can't stand. Some combinations really don't work. Try to imagine it. Camomile has a gentle, slightly bitter earthy planty taste to it - it's a drink to relax with. Mint you know about I expect. It's a lift you up, refresh you, wake you up sort of taste. The combination of effects and tastes is not, in my opinion, a good one. It just doesn't work and I think the resultant taste is pretty grim. I am not a huge fan of mint tea - I don't think it works as well as some other flavours. Mint with anything else seems to be even worse. if you like ...  Read the complete review

Spearmint, if you recall, is often used in toothpaste and chewing gum. Twinnings Camomile Tea is extremely subtle - to the point where it tastes of almost nothing. When I got home to realise I has actually bought a combination of the two, (note to myself: should read the boxes more carefully) I was a litle apprehensive. But I was tobe pleasantly surprised... The 'softness' of the camomile neutralizes much of the spearmint's sharpness, so that whilst it remains the dominant flavour, it does not assault your tastebuds in the way it would if it were brewed alone. There is a sweetness also ... kind of like those white sugary mint sweets. I ...  Read the complete review