Comforting Tea: A Homemade Herbal Tea Recipe
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Comforting Tea: A Homemade Herbal Tea Recipe
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 2 cups 1x
Description
Nothing is better to me than a comforting tea on a chilly day. As I previously mentioned, at any given time, I have no less than 8 varieties of tea in my house, and that’s putting it pretty conservatively. I love getting teas from Rishi, Fava Tea, and other local sellers, but I’ve started to make some of my own varieties over the past year, tweaking the amounts to get them just how I like them.
One of my favorite teas is my homemade turmeric ginger tea, which is my attempt at replicating Rishi’s turmeric ginger tea. Another favorite is a mix between Aveda’s comforting tea and Fava’s detox tea. I took a stab at combining them into my own homemade comforting tea. I sourced my ingredients from a combination of Mountain Rose Herbs, Frontier Co-Op, and Tippecanoe Herbs in Milwaukee.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup licorice root
- 1/2 cup peppermint leaf
- 1 tbsp sweet fennel
- 1 tbsp basil
- 1 tbsp orange peel
- 2 tbsp cinnamon pieces
- 1 tbsp cardamom
- 2 tbsp ginger root
- 1 tbsp angelica root
- 1 tbsp dandelion root
- 1 tbsp cloves
- 1 tbsp juniper berries
Instructions
Add the ingredients into the container where you’ll be storing the tea and mix until well combined.
Steep
I tend to boil the water in an electric kettle and pour it over a bag of loose-leaf tea (you could also use a strainer or one of those mugs with a straining feature).
The more you use and the longer you steep, the stronger the flavor, and because it’s herbal tea, it doesn’t really get bitter without real tea leaves in there. I tend to use a healthy scoop, like a tablespoon or so, and steep it for at least 5 minutes. Visit Fava Tea’s recommendations for more info on measurements and the steeping process.
Store it in an airtight container.
If you’re going to pick glass, use amber glass or indigo glass. Clear glass is bad for tea storage! I use large copper canisters for these mixes.
Enjoy!
Notes
Making your own herbal tea is a snap – just mix together the ingredients and tweak as needed to suit your taste. If you’re looking to save money on ingredients, start with the first four. You’ll get a delicious outcome without all of the extras. I am inclined to say the extras are worth the effort, though.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
