You have stored the information on the exchange's properties, so you need to use the correct simple syntax
<simple>("${property.noun} contains 'Hello' and ${property.verb} contains 'World'") </simple> -- View this message in context: http://camel.465427.n5.nabble.com/Simple-Expression-With-And-Condition-doesnt-work-in-Camel-2-8-tp5723702p5723791.html Sent from the Camel - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.