Homemade Tea Mix
Are you a tea drinker?
We are! We love all manner of tea in this family, be it hot or cold.
I especially love making tea mixes with home grown ingredients. The freshness, the flavor, the purity, not to mention the medicinal properties/health benefits.
I do many simple mixes, with just one or two ingredients, but I have a few more complex mixes, that are our favorite.
Here is one of my go to concoctions.
It’s quite versatile, so I will also note substitutions.
Apart from the rosehips and cinnamon, all other ingredients are easily homegrown in my climate (Zone 9b.)
Note that all ingredients are fully dehydrated!
Homemade Tea Mix
A delicious and nutritious tea mix from (mostly) homegrown ingredients. Lovely hot or iced!
Ingredients
- 4 parts Roselle Hibiscus dehydrated
- 2 parts Apple dehydrated
- 1 part Rosehips dehydrated
- 1 part Mulberries (or ½ part of elderberries, or 1 part of blackberries) dehydrated
- 1 part Hyssop leaves (or a little licorice root) dehydrated
- 1 part Stevia leaves dehydrated
- 1 part Orange slices (or 1/4 part orange peel, or kumquats, or Meyer lemon) crumbled dehydrated
- 1 part Lemon Balm, or lemon grass, or lemon verbena dehydrated
- ½ part Calendula (optional) dehydrated
- ⅛ part Cinnamon bark, crumbled
- 1-2 parts Passion fruit pulp dehydrated
Instructions
- Mix in a bowl and keep in an airtight container.
- To make the tea, use about 1 tbsp per 8 oz of boiling water. Let steep for 5 minutes and enjoy.
Notes
Package the mix in little paper or cellophane bags with a bow, for a sweet gift.
And for extra yummies – add 1 part organic gummy bears.
Yep, I know. Somewhat unexpected. The gummy bears work best when preparing the tea in a tea pot on a tea light stand. It gives the gummies more time to dissolve.