First of all the smell does not bother me. Keeping in a sealed glass jar. Using 1 teaspoon per cup of hot water coming out of a Keurig into a glass tea cup with laser cut caddy, steeping for 15 minutes. Smell is woodsy, a bit musty, like a walk in the forest maybe after a rain. It is, after all, chopped up roots of a plant. The taste is somewhat medicinal with a slight astringent mouth feel. Not yummy, but not unpleasant. We have been drinking a cup about 30 minutes before bedtime. After 30 minutes starting to feel sleepy, falling to sleep very quickly, and both of us only waking up once during the night instead of our usual three times. No morning after effects. Seems to help some Arthritis aches and pains. Hubby has essential tremor, which valerian capsules help some, so are hoping this will start helping even more
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