Compassion For Mrs. Bennet’s Nerves

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Herbal teas are well-known for their medicinal, soothing qualities. Compassion For Mrs. Bennet’s Nerves, part of the Jane Austen Tea Series by Bingley’s Teas, combines sweet, mellow chamomile with stimulating peppermint and other ingredients to offer a panacea to the excitable, melodramatic matriarch of Pride And Prejudice‘s Bennet family. The question is, does it do the trick? Find out by reading my review now at A Bibliophile’s Reverie!

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“Oh Mr Bennet! How can you tease me so? Have you no compassion for my poor nerves?” – Mrs. Bennet, Jane Austen’s Pride And Prejudice

With each Tea Time, I like to pick a tea that’s noticeably different from the previous review. For example, after a lusciously bold and complex black tea last time, I decided to try an herbal blend next. I also was eager to revisit Bingley’s Tea’s Jane Austen Tea Series , since I fell in love with the first tea I sampled from them. So, out came my sample of Compassion For Mrs. Bennet’s Nerves. This blend of floral, mint, and fruit ingredients is inspired by the matriarch of the Bennet family in Jane Austen’s Pride And Prejudice. Frequently nervous and easy to upset, Mrs. Bennet (whose sole desire in life seems to be marrying off her daughters) would no doubt benefit from a…

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