Starwest Botanicals Organic Passion Flower - Dried Loose Leaf Herb for Tea, Herbal Blends, & Smoothies, Natural Passiflora Incarnata, Cut & Sifted, Certified Kosher, Non-GMO - 4 oz Pouch

I almost purchased from another seller, but then I realized that the other seller's product wasn't organic. This one was, and it was pretty much the same price as the one that wasn't. (This one might have even been the cheaper one.) There are some larger stem pieces in the tea, but certainly not to an excessive degree, by any means. I've just gotten the tea today, so I've only had a couple cups of it. I think it's neither pleasant nor unpleasant in taste. It's an earthy flavor, and it's one that I've tasted before in blends without really knowing that it was the passion flower that I was noting. This tea would definitely brew well with mint to enhance the flavor, but so far I've only tried it as is, with nothing added. I did detect a bit of very fine grittiness in the tea--the kind of grittiness that I've sometimes noticed from tea that comes in tea bags. There is no visible particulate in the bottom of my cup at all, though. I usually rinse loose tea before brewing, but I didn't rinse this one when I tried it. I will definitely give the leaves a quick rinse next time I brew a cup. This tea is very relaxing, with the effect being similar to lemon balm tea. I'm happy to have both lemon balm and now this passion flower tea on hand, but most people would probably find lemon balm to be the better tasting of the two. (Or get them both and make your own blend!) UPDATE: Just wanted to add that this is phenomenal when brewed with Celestial Seasonings Wild Berry Zinger. Soooo good!

I'm happy with my purchase. I like this company, they provide high quality herbs.

Star west botanical has sent another great product. Passion flower is great for tummy issues & restful sleep. Always fresh herbs & at a great price. Enjoying a delicious cup of tea.

This is a good quality passion flower. I use this herb to make a tea at night. It helps me sleep, calms my wandering mind and soothes and relaxes me. I don’t feel drowsy or drugged out in the morning. I mix with either peppermint or chamomile as passion flower isn’t particularly tasty.

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Using this for herbal cigarettes and I love the passion flower for my relaxation blend! This adds a bit of a sour scent to the smoke but it’s pleasant. The only thing I’d want to be improved is that there are some little sticks in it that I have to pick out with chopsticks, but I don’t think most people using it as tea like it’s intended purpose would really care about that so I didn’t take away a star for it

Watched a video where an herbalist said this was great for helping people that have issues when trying to relax. While also saying try mate over coffee for daily use. So I had a few cups yesterday and I think It is a good tea and may be some relaxation benefit. I may edit the review after a few days or a week without coffee. I thought it might be a floral note tea but what I have looks and tastes like camomile or dry hay. Maybe that will grow on me.

It does work for relaxing and as an aid to fall asleep. I was taking it in addition to prescription sleep med. So I don't know if it will put you to sleep when use it along. The bad thing: this passion flower gives me a hangover the next day, that is similar to what I get from unisom and benadryl. I was using this passion flower leaf for about a week, and every morning I had the same very strong side effect that would last for almost whole day. I had to stop using it and I switched to lavender flower instead to help me relax. Everyone is different, so it means that you may not get unpleasant feelings the next day, like I did. This is the reason I don't give this product bad review. I just wish I could use it.