Herbs come from nature, and just as no two apple crops from one year to the next, or even any two apples from the same tree taste exactly the same, so it is with crops of herbs. This is part of the endless and wonderful variety which nature provides for you. You may, therefore, notice slight differences in color or taste from one year to the next. It's something like your mother's potato soup. She can use her recipe and the same ingredients two days in a row and the soup is always different, but always good. Rest assured, all of our herbal products do measure up to our known and established standards of quality and excellence before they are approved for use. This is so you can rely on them and have what you expect from them when you use them.