Throat Coat tea from Traditional Medicinals

A few weeks ago, a friend mentioned that she had tried Traditional Medicinals’ Throat Coat tea and found it really did help soothe her throat. I had a brief cold last week and wished I’d had some of that tea, so when I spotted some at the grocery store the other day, I went ahead and got a box.

First, though … If you saw a perforated tab like this at the bottom of the box, would you have punched it in, assuming you could then slide out the tea bags from the bottom of the box? I did. And I was surprised when the tea bags were stacked vertically, not horizontally. So what was the purpose of that tab at the bottom? Or did these tea bags just get packaged the wrong way? Inquiring minds want to know!

But of course that’s a minor point. The main thing was, does the Throat Coat in fact coat one’s throat? I’d say it did. With an arctic blast in Georgia for a second time this winter, I’ve been sipping loads of hot tea just to stay warm and keep any sniffles at bay. This tea tasted like it was packed with herbs, and indeed, the ingredients, all organic, include eucalyptus leaf, licorice root, spearmint leaf, marshmallow root, slippery elm bark, and licorice root dry extract. It had what I’ve heard described as a “thick” mouth feel, so yes, I’d say it coats the throat, and while this herbal tea is indeed heavy on the herbal flavors—rather than fruity or chocolatey or spicy or what have you—I liked it.

And I liked the quotations on the tea bag tags too! So there you go. Have any of you tried Throat Coat tea?