Rooibos - not a tea plant so it does not fuck with your sleeping schedule, great hot or cold and with any kind of (tea/coffee) condiment.
+1 on this. I have a big bag. I also have earl grey rooibos and chai rooibos which are both great.
Just don’t drink tons of this stuff. A known side effect is that it can cause chest discomfort. Ask me how I know.
Edit: Chest discomfort is only an issue if you drink a LOT of it. Normal human level consumption doesn’t cause problems.
Rooibos is just an inferior version of honeybush.
Change my mind.
Don’t get me wrong, I love honeybush but the honeybush that I’ve had has always been a very light flavour compared to rooibos. Like, with rooibos I feel like I’m having tea as opposed to honeybush essenced hot water
The taste reminds me of cigarettes personally
You rang?
I love that stuff, especially with a bit of vanilla.
Mint is my go to herbal tea. Aside from being a great late night tea, it grows like a weed in many places and so you can make your own rather easily!
specifically peppermint
I planted two small, ugly plants in June. By the beginning of August we had so much freaking peppermint we didn’t know what to do with it. Would recommend, such an easy herb to get to grow lol
we didn’t know what to do with it
Make tea! Lol
Yeah, we did herbal tea. And we used it in desserts. And in salads. My wife was drinking like 3 virgin mojitos a day at one point lol. Yet there was pretty much just as much left as we could consume without getting tired of mint - and I’m obsessed with mint. We ended up having to give a bunch out haha.
Hang some of that to dry so you have mint all through winter
Hahaha thanks for sharing your minty escapades!
Rooibos, mint, and chamomile for sure.
I’m surprised I had to scroll down this far for chamomile
- Mint
- Ginger
- Lemon
- Chamomile
Pine needle tea. It’s just pine needles. Maybe it’s the placebo effect, but it always seems to give me a boost when I feel a cold coming on.
High in Vitamin C. Pretty sure I’ve heard it linked to sailors using it to avoid scurvy
Bengal Spice!
I fucking love Bengali spice tea. Mix with honey and it’s the best.
I got into this in a biiiig way when I was recuperating from Covid and Long Covid and had to cut right back on caffeine. I’ve got quite a few of my friends addicted as well. I drink it with oat milk and it’s nearly like Indian chai.
Been trying to cut back on my evening alcohol consumption. Its a simple, very flavor forward herbal tea, and its been a great drink for winding down and resetting for the night. I dont know what it is, but im a fan. Mint tea didnt do that, but a cup or two of bengal spice seems to be what i personally crave now.
I don’t know where you’re at, but here we have a ton of really good non alcoholic beers, it’s really helped in our household!
Options where i live for non alcoholic beer are scarce where i live, but tbh, It’s a little more of a “something that isnt beer at night” sort of thing than it is a drive for sobriety. Ive got no problem with a gin and tonic nightcap, however a glass or two of tea is cheaper and healthier. But thanks for the alternative. I appriciate it.
In addition to that others have recommended, Labrador tea and American Wintergreen.
Yarrow, Plantain, and Solidago are all plants that help with various health issues. I’m pretty big on foraging, but these plants are amazing to keep around to either add to teas or make for teas.
If you are looking for something a bit stronger, Mr. T. He’s less about herbal. More about kicking ass.
Mate 🧉
Mate and lemongras + ginger
Both 50:50I love to add ginger too, and some guarana for extra caffeine ;)
Valerian root tea is one I’m familiar with but not sure I’ve seen in regular stores
I love valerian root with some skullcap to help me sleep! When I first opened a box with valerian root, I was put off because it smelled like feet. Now it smells like any other plant to me, but I get a kick out of sharing the smell with someone who has never experienced it before. The recoil and look of disgust is always funny.
Liquorice and peppermint I absolute favourite
Catnip is wonderful.
I like to mix some catnip and mint to brew my own tea.
Found the cat.
Nice try, cat
Ginger and roasted dandelion root.
- Ivan Chai
- Peppermint
- Valerian
- Tieguanyin
- Sencha
Chamomile, catnip, pine, a powdered antacid (like calcium carbonate or baking soda), and something with turmeric.
Im…not sure putting baking soda into a glass of water is really, in spirit, a tea. Kind of like saying Kool-Aid and Alka-Seltzer is tea?
I meant the salt-of-carbonate might be effective at mixing with painfully sour teas to make them more palatable for people sensitive to sour food like me.
Oh right thats actually interesting… whats an example of a tea you’d find painfully sour? I typically think of the bitter realm when it comes to tea
usually it’s orange and lemon flavored teas, like half-and-half with lemonade. I also tried a very sour cherry-rose tea about a year ago.
