Instructions
Evening Tea Time
My evening teas are usually made from flowers and leaves of herbs from my garden. I wash them gently, place them in a tea pot and pour boiling water over them. I steep this for about 10 minutes, and let it continue to steep as I drink it. I refill my tea pot two or three times using the same flowers and leaves, each brewing pulls out different plant nutrients, and what is left over I drink at room temperature first thing in the morning with a squeeze of citrus.
My favorite evening teas:
- Tulsi – my #1 fav. Overall harmonizing and stress reducing.
- Chamomile – calming
- Rose bud (make sure you have organic high quality rose buds) Rose is good for the heart and skin.
- Tulsi or chamomile, combined with a rose bud or two … divine
- Tulsi + fresh ginger root – harmonizing, digestive, and anti-inflammatory. Boil the ginger slices for about 10 minutes, turn off heat and add fresh or dried tulsi and steep another 10 minutes.
- Marjoram – marjoram is a muscle relaxer. Good for stress, tightness, aches and pains. And it’s delicious.
- Thyme – anti-viral
- Sage — a rose bud with sage is lovely, too. Balancing to hormones, anti-microbial.
- Mamaki (Hawaiian)
- Lemon balm (Melissa) – induces sleepiness
- Tarragon – digestive
- Fennel – improves digestion
- Calendula flowers – highly anti-inflammatory
- Rosemary – good for brain health and memory
- Oregano – Great when feeling a cold coming on, good for excess candida.
- Yarrow – In tea form yarrow is good for upper respiratory phlegm, reducing fevers, stimulating digestion, and fighting off the common cold, flu, and infections. When making tea use a mix of leaves and flowers for a better flavor. Yarrow tea is a great stand alone tea, or for a nice night time tea combine with lemon balm.
- Echinacea – aka Purple cone flower – boosts immune function. Collect some flowers and leaves from the purple cone flower. To use as a tea boil one flower and a few leaves for about 15 minutes. Let cool to drinkable temperature, optional add some honey — water hotter than body temperate can kill some of the beneficial enzymes of honey. Flowers dry easily for use over the winter months.
- Lemongrass
- Mint
