10 DIY Mint Tea Blends

Mint tea is maybe one of the world's favorite types of tea. it's cooling and warming promptly, and completely refreshing. I've posted mint tea recipes before, however not like this: each one of the tea blends below is made in 5 minutes or less, and because they're made with dried herbs they'll be used for months and months to return.

Below, I've listed 10 mint tea blends that may rock your flavouring world. From super-soothing (the "Day Spa" blend) to a daring wake-up tea (roasted yerba mate with mint), this assortment of recipes shows the flexibility of mint and highlights all its best traits.

How to build Mint Tea Blends

For each quantitative relation listed below, merely live the dry herbs into a clean bowl or massive, clean jar and stir or shake gently to combine. Then, seal your home-baked flavouring toothsomeness in an exceedingly clean jar and store it far from lightweight and warmth.

When you're able to drink your mix, live concerning one tablespoon per cup (if the leaves are just about whole) or one teaspoon per cup (if the leaves are jerky a lot) and steep in freshly poached water for 5 to 10 minutes (unless otherwise noted).

These blends are nice for gifts or for your own personal tea stash. notwithstanding however you select to use them, bear in mind to form them with joy and to like each sniff of that fantastic mint aroma!

Note: you'll be able to use peppermint (which is thought for its health benefits), or Mentha spicata, chocolate mint, lemon mint, wild mint or different types of dried mint, looking on your preference and also the individual instruction. Peppermint includes a sweeter style than Mentha spicata (which is 'sharper' in flavor). because the names counsel, lemon mint and chocolate mint style like lemon and chocolate, severally.

And, now, on to the recipes!

Day Spa: Lavender-Mint Tea mix

I once interviewed a tea business owner World Health Organization quipped that the sole teas spas ever purchase are lavender and mint. There's some truth behind the joke! each herbs are deeply restful from the primary sniff, and that they are ideal for spas, evenings in and different occasions to sit back and relax such as you mean it.

1/2 cup dried mint leaves

2 to three tablespoons dried lavender blossoms

This simple flavouring infusion is involved earlier and ready with ease on those days once you actually need it. If desired, add a small amount of dry stevia to the mix or sweeten the brew with honey. make sure to actually take a breath this tea in between sips--the aroma can flip your whole day around.

Mint Chocolate Tea: a luxurious and Healthy Mint Drink

You can build this afters tea mix with either Houjicha tea (which includes a roasty, nutty taste) or bush red tea (which includes a woodsy, sweet taste). each are sublime!

1/2 cup Houjicha tea or red bush

1/4 cup dried mint leaves (preferably chocolate mint, although different varieties are nice, too)

1/4 cup cacao nibs

(optional) 1/8 cup dried apple bits, some pinches of finely cut dried ginger root or a sprinkling of 1/4 teaspoon pure seasoning

Moroccan Tea and Mint

Traditional Moroccan mint tea is formed with recent mint leaves. However, this instruction offers up a minty, daring flavor of Moroccan mint all year while not the necessity for out-of-season herbs. It additionally includes lemon vervain, AN herb that's utilized in a lot of old style Moroccan mint tea recipes (as are recent orange blossoms and wormwood).

1/2 cup explosive tea

1/3 cup dried mint

1/4 cup lemon vervain

Serve with ample sugar or honey if desired.

Wake Up  Yerba Mate and Mint

Yerba mate could be a naturally high-caffeine herb--perfect for jump-starting your mornings. roast yerba mate includes a toasty flavor that goes well with mint, and mint has been enjoyed in yerba mate infusions in South America (yerba mate's homeland) for several, many years. This mix balances the 2 daring flavors well.

1 cup roast yerba mate

1/2 cup dried mint leaves

(optional) some pinches of dried lemon peel or lime zest

In summer, strive the brewed flavouring infusion over ice. It's additionally nice with a squeeze of lemon or a dab of honey.

Lemony Fresh: Mint Meets tart Herbs

Like chocolate and mint, mint and lemon are a natural match. This healthy flavouring mix combines dried mint with 2 tart tasting herbs.

1/2 cup dried mint

1/2 cup dried lemon balm

1/2 cup dried lemongrass

(optional) a splash of dried lemon peel

Try this tea with a wedge of recent lemon for additional flavor.

Tummy Tea: A Stomach-Soothing Mint mix

Mint is known for its ability to appease many an abdomen ill. In fact, beside fennel, ginger and different stomach-supporters, it's one among my highest suggested herbs for digestion. Here's the way to get your own batch prepared for any time you would possibly want it:

1 cup dried mint

1/4 cup fennel seeds

(optional) 1/8 cup finely cut dried ginger

Some individuals additionally wish to add honey to their 

tummy-soothing teas. It usually helps, too!

Mint Blossoms: A Floral Mint Tea mix

Yes, mint is nice with all varieties of daring flavors. however as we have a tendency to saw with "Day Spa" (the initial instruction on the page), mint goes equally well with bound floral flavors, too. This mix could be a nice example of that. It combines mint with rosehips and hibiscus--two particularly sweet-tart flowers that balance out the recent flavor of mint nicely.

1/2 cup dried mint leaves

1/2 cup dried rosehips (I extremely suggest selecting organic rosehips.)

1/2 cup dried mallow flowers

Add a touch dry stevia leaf if you wish, or sweeten to style when you brew every cup.

Mom-To-Be Tea: pregnancy mix

Nettle leaf and raspberry leaf have each been shown to help in deeply alimentary pregnant girls and in reducing issues which will occur throughout maternity and labor. Infuse this mix long in an exceedingly jar, then strain out the leaves and drink it following day.

Unless your herb doctor says otherwise, drink this mix for 3 weeks, then switch to a variation while not nettles for 3 weeks. (While safe for maternity, nettles are quite sturdy, and lots of herbalists suggest taking a prospect between extended uses.)

As AN aside, I counsel choosing organic teas and herbs whenever attainable and would love to underscore the importance of organic herbs for expecting mothers. albeit you ne'er selected organic before, please think about it currently.

4 cups dried raspberry leaf

1 cup dried nettle leaves

1/2 cup dried mint

Enjoy with organic honey or different sweeteners if desired.

Mint Condition: Strengthening mix

Nettle could be a seriously supernatural herb. it's implausibly strengthening, and that i like it together with daring, bracing mint for that reason. Infuse for 5 minutes or longer (even overnight) for a caffeine-free boost in your teacup.

1 cup dried nettle leaves

1 cup dried mint leaves

Add a touch honey if you wish. it'll place even a lot of ginger in your step!

Cool Mint: Deeply Cooling Herbs

Technically 2 blends, these are super-cooling flavouring infusions that are nice for colds, sore throats, and fevers. Steep for extended than most brews--10 to twenty minutes is right.

1/2 cup dried mint

1/2 cup dried sage leaf

OR

1/2 cup dried mint

1/4 cup dried milfoil leaves (or leaves and flowers)

1/4 cup dried elderflower blossoms

For sore throats and coughs, add a touch honey (preferably organic, native honey

enjoy!