From our weekly series: The Sunday Steep

One of my favorite tea-making strategies is to take a delicious tea blend that I love and add extra goodness to it with organic herbs and berries. It is a great way to get extra nutritive, calming, and health benefits out of a cup of tea. This tea is all about healthy calm while building on the yummy flavors in our organic Peace Tea (like spearmint, lavender and rose). I like to toss in some nettle leaf and schisandra berries. Feel free to substitute other herbs that speak to you when the stressors of life start to wear you down!

From our weekly series: The Sunday Steep

My garden is having a banner strawberry year! We've been eating everything from strawberry shortcake, tossed salads made with greens, onions and strawberries, and just eating those delicious morsels straight from the strawberry patch! I thought I'd let June's red harbingers of summer be my guide and inspire the creation of a delicious iced tea. Mix this up by the cup or for a crowd. It has the added bonus of smelling amazing!

From our weekly series: The Sunday Steep

I've been spending as much free time as possible working in the garden! While the weather is still a bit erratic here in the Pacific Northwest, I derive so much pleasure from digging, planting, weeding, and pruning, I just can't stay inside and now is definitely the time of year to savor every minute I can spend working away in my backyard haven.

From our weekly series: The Sunday Steep

As the weather warms, it can be lovely to have a tea recipe with a bit of pep, as well as one that will still taste delicious after traveling along on a hike or a picnic! This one is great for sipping hot, but it also goes well in one of our Tea-to-Go glass infusers. The best part is that it won't get bitter as it steeps, but instead will get somewhat sweeter! It is also yummy over ice...

This blog post was originally a part of the weekly Sunday Steep series.

Some Sundays are about resting up, recharging, and giving the system a chance to recover. When I'm feeling a little worn down and wanting to ward off any inkling of dis-ease for the coming week, this tea gives me a nice bit of recharge, as well as the yummy herbal flavors I crave... 

Many people think of rose buds as a decorative herb, but you can steep them as a tea and/or use within food. Be sure that yours are certified organic! They make a wonderful, sweet, and very aromatic addition to whatever tea blend you create!