HERB TEA BLENDS

© Anna Franklin 2005

All the ingredients for these tea blends should be dried. To make the blends up, chop and mix the ingredients well, and store in a tightly sealed tea caddy or dark container out of the light.       To brew the teas, boil the water and place two teaspoons of tea in a ceramic tea pot per person. Infuse 10-15 minutes and strain into cups. Sweeten with honey if desired, but do not add milk. Avoid metal teapots, particularly aluminium, and preferably use filtered water. If you want to make single cups, you can buy tea balls from kitchen shops. These look like two halves of a tea strainer clipped together, and you can fill them with enough herb to make a cup.

Agrimony Tea

1 oz agrimony

1 oz ground ivy

½ oz sweet marjoram

½ oz pennyroyal

½ oz lavender

½ oz rose petals

½ oz cowslip or primrose flowers

Coltsfoot Tea

1 oz coltsfoot leaves

1 oz fennel leaves

¼ oz ginger powder

Elderflower & China Tea

1 lb China tea

3 oz elderflowers

Sleepy Tea

1 oz lemon verbena leaves

1 oz passion flower

1 oz hops

1 oz skullcap

2 oz peppermint

1 oz catmint

Goodnight Tea

1 ½ oz ground valerian root

1 oz skullcap

1 oz passion flower

1 oz chamomile flowers

1 oz catmint

Pre-Menstrual Tea

1 oz uva ursi

1 oz white willow bark

1 oz hops

1 oz motherwort

4 oz raspberry leaf

Menopause Blend

2 oz red clover blossoms

1 oz sage

1 oz chamomile flowers

2 oz nettle

1 oz lemon balm

Women’s Tea

1 ½ oz raspberry leaves

1 oz motherwort

1 ½ oz red clover

1 oz peppermint

Calming Tea

1 oz peppermint

½ oz lemongrass

1 oz lemon balm

½ oz catnip

1 oz camomile flowers

¼ oz lavender flowers

Shaman’s Tea

½ oz sage

½ oz mugwort

1 oz catnip

½ oz skullcap

1 oz passionflower

¼ oz ginger powder

Hay Fever Tea

¼ oz elecampane (Inula helenium)

¼ oz cherry bark

¼ oz angelica root

¼ oz liquorice root

Clairvoyance Tea

1 oz peppermint

¼ oz dried orange peel

¼ oz rose petals

½ oz lemon grass

½ cinnamon stick, crushed

6 cloves, crushed

1 oz mugwort

¼  oz wild lettuce

Purification Tea

1 oz camomile flowers

½ stick cinnamon, crushed

½ oz fennel

¼ oz lavender flowers

½ oz lemon peel

¼ oz lime peel

¼ oz rosemary

¼ oz vervain

Peace Tea

1 oz rose petals

¼ oz lavender flowers

½ oz violet petals

½ oz meadowsweet

1 oz hibiscus flowers

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