Tea?
Say, is Chamomile Tea easily available throughout Taiwan?
OOC
If itās the kind of tea we drink when having a cold, then the answer is yes.
You usually get the whole dried flowers here, you then steep them. The taste is the same. I think that I have seen it in bags as well, but my missus does most of the shopping here.
Chamomile? Iāve hardly seen it here. The stuff that looks like chamomile here is usually chrysanthemum which is very nice, too, but iirc isnāt what people here drink to cure stomach aches etc.
There are a few stores specializing in tea, and they do offer more than just peppermint and rose tea. But they seem outrageously expensive to me, especially their herbal teas (see my post above).
HTH
Iris
The last time I was at Carrefour they had chamomile tea (flowers) in the dry goods section. They also have great mint tea, I like to mix it with raspberry leaf 
Great for the cool damp winters
The foods section of large department stores is a good place to try. Iāve seen real chamomile, not chrysanthemum, in a few places (the flowers are smaller than chrysanths). Interestingly, itās sometimes imported from Germany.
I think that chamomile is gan1ju2hua1 (Chrysanthemum is just ju2hua1). Itās also available by the pot in quite a few tea shops.
Hi Iām moving to Taiwan soon and like fruit teas eg hibiscus, blackcurrent, raspberry etc. Can you buy these in Taiwan and are they expensive? I can find then in Bangkok but they are about 4 times the price that they sell for in the UK.
Thanks!
Last time I looked Breeze, Wellcome (most), nearly all the western style grocery stores in Tienmu, the new place - Jasons @ 101, all carried a variety of bag style tea. Flower chamomile readily available as well.
I got some chamomile at Wellcome. On a stand of new products (I thinkt hey were new). Problem is itās these bloody little flower thingies, not handy teabags. How am I sposd to drink that. Do I need a teapot or something?
Brian
Wasnāt it peppermint tea that you use for stomach troubles? Seen chamomile (bagged) at a few supermarkets, like Breeze and Jasonās 101. Actually I bought some before, itās mostly imported stuff and hence on the expensive side (NTD120-140 for 20 bags I think).
You need two cups and a sieve to drink it as a civilized person.
I usually just close my eyes and slurp it through my teeth. 
There are teapots (the glass kind) that have a pretty good filter in the lids. Or use a ball infuser. Or the larger type of infuser that is usually sold together with a mug and a ceramic lid.
Chamomile is also good for the stomach I think.
As I suspected then. Why canāt they just stick it in teabags like normal tea. Shit, the teabag, as an invention, must have been around for at least 30 years.
Brian
Iām asking for a friend - anyone know where it can be found? Iāve searched but the posts date back to 2004.
Supermarkets like Wellcome, Matsusei, City Super etc all have it.
Okay, thanks.
Anyone seen large boxes of Chamomile tea for sale?
Iāve been buying from Carrefour but it only comes in a box of 25 for $99, which only lasts 2 weeks for my family. Itās also often sold out.
Looking for a bigger box of the stuff.
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At RT Mart I bought a jug of Camomile flowers for tea making.
Chinese name is ēčč¶
ēčč± for the flower.
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Thanks! Iāll go looking for that rather than bags.
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