Trying "Luscious Chamomile" TEA ?!

OH HONEY YOU ARE IN FOR A TREAT!

HOW DID PERFECT CHOCOLATE FLAVOR AND CHAMOMILE COME TOGETHER? READ THE STORY BELOW FOR THE JOURNEY FROM IDEA TO PERFECT TEA BLEND!

Hi 👋 I’m Jillian, founder of Seriously Tea. The unique thing about Seriously Tea is we take tea blending seriously. Only exceptional quality organic elements go into our ‘culinary inspired tea blends’ so yes even the chocolate used is organic and all natural. The result is a one-of-a-kind limited edition tea experience you can only find HERE. I’m really proud of that! AND I’m so appreciative of you taking the time to navigate here. There’s a whole huge internet and an endless amount of tea purveyors trying to get your attention so to have you here is really awesome and I thank you for stopping by.

 
 

Okay — quick disclaimer — this post is NOT AI generated! Hi, Jillian, real person, mom, wife, small business owner, hot beverage lover, founder of Seriously Tea is the author of this blog post about chamomile tea. I’m writing as my 2 1/2 y.o. son takes a waayyyy too late in the day nap in my arms. Lemme see you do that Mr. AI machine. 😂

Back to the topic of “Luscious Chamomile” tea. Put plainly I found store bought chamomile to be unsatisfying. Granules of what we have to just assume is a chamomile flower inside a tea bag inside a sealed package on a shelf is so unbecoming to the beauty, flavor and fragrance of a truly organic Chamomile flower in its purest form. ~PAUSE~ Have you ever smelled a Chamomile flower the way you would a rose or a lily? Think about that for a moment, chamomile is a flower. What we’ve been convinced is a medicinal adjacent boring tea is a beautiful flower capable of so much harmonious flavorful depth!

Luscious Chamomile is a blend I’ve been dreaming up for months. Humble brag but my palate is quite attuned to nuanced flavors. My husband Chef Mike Shand is constantly surprised by my ability to accurately identify subtle flavors and ingredients in drinks and meals. You may have this talent too! As soon as I tried Seriously Tea Organic Chamomile Flower Tea I knew it would sync beautifully with chocolate!



Silly me to think you just throw some chocolate and Chamomile flowers in a stainless steel bowl and taadaa it’s a perfect tea blend. Luscious Chamomile tea is 50x more layered than my original approach to creating my desired flavor! Like what chocolate would I have even used that would be shelf-stable for commercial sale? That wouldn’t look like 💩 in the bottom of a tea strainer? Would it be no-wax raw chocolate? Would it be semi-sweet or bitter? There were SO MANY considerations about the chocolate alone. While we’re here allow me to shout out 2 chocolatier companies that we love in our house. In no particular order and with no affiliation: 1.) CAR ARTISAN CHOCOLATE 2.) LETTERPRESS CHOCOLATE. Back to the process of blending Chamomile and chocolate, I tried for weeks to shave, crush, and dust various baking chocolates over whole organic Chamomile flowers. This approach was unsuccessful at every turn. The tea was a muddy bitter brew each time. Along with tasting just right it has to look like you’d want to drink it vs. like you’d want to splash in it with rain boots. At the 5 week mark i sheepishly took my tea goals to my husband who is an extremely talented private chef and a master at the science of food and achieving flavors.

When a master gets brought into creating a Chamomile Flower and Chocolate tea blend the result is

  • WHOLE ORAGNIC CHAMOMILE FLOWERS

  • ORGANIC CAROB

  • ORGANIC COCOA NIBS

  • ORGANIC VANILLA

  • DUSTING OF NATURAL BAKING FLAVORS

  • and a mastery of combining and finessing top-quality elements.

ENOJY!

Have a thought, comment, or wanna chit chat email Jillian - Contact@SeriouslyTea.com or Send me a message on Seriously Tea - Instagram xoxoxo

 
 
Jillian hallman