custom blend: stinging nettle leaf, lemon peel, rose hips

I bought a multivitamin but it's not coming until tomorrow so I planned on having my most nutritious herb today and in my apothecary, that is stinging nettle. Now, it's tough for me to include it in my diet cuz it's so grassy and boring so I looked to my tea pinterest for help and found this.

I assumed the colors corresponded with one another, hence nettle + rosehips + lemon peel. Thankfully, I had all these ingredients on hand. So I steeped it and let it brew overnight in a coffee French press. That's what I use when I want to really get the nutrients outta my herbs.

If you want to see the Tiktok of how I made it: here it is.

Aaand I've come across a problem... to combat the grassy taste, I added honey. However, since I steeped it overnight in a coffee press, it's cold now. I've already added it to my favorite mug that can't be microwaved. What's the problem with this? It's just iced tea essentially. Well, the honey isn't dissolving in the cold tea. So it's not helping to fix the flavor... Which is fine. It's tolerable. But now I'm wondering if I should have added it (or sugar) when I was brewing it last night instead of now...

Oh well, hindsight is 20/20. It's not a bad blend. The rose hips and lemon peel definitely take the weight off the nettle.

After some decent time spent stirring, the honey is definitely coming through as well.

It doesn't smell like much (maybe because it's cold). But I'm able to drink a whole mug stinging nettle thanks to the 3 helpers (honey, lemon peel, and rose hips) and that's what's important.

Would I recommend this blend? Depends on what you're looking for: if you want a super easy to make tea that's non-caffeinated and high in vitamins? Than yes I recommend it. Do you want an enjoyable tea experience? Go elsewhere.

Tomorrow we'll feature a tea that's an enjoyable experience, I promise. We'll go for something fruity.

As always, I hope you stick around my fellow-tea lovers!

And remember, varia-tea is the spice of life!

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peach passionfruit Dunkin refresher

I have decided to commit to having (at least) one herbal tea a day. And, to share my love for tea, I have decided to make a blog completely dedicated to this wonderful potion of a drink.

Today I was out and about and couldn't have a hot cuppa at home. So, I figured that the next best thing (debatable, I know) was Dunkin Donuts. I decided to get something iced this morning. I looked up their tea options and saw something about an iced green tea with a blueberry flavor shot and then a peach passionfruit refresher.

I went with the peach passionfruit refresher. And boy, was it a joy to receive. The gorgeous tangerine color brought a smile to my face. And the taste...

You know those peach ring candies?

Yea, those. Now imagine that in liquid form. That's this drink. It was delightful, just teetering on the verge of being sickeningly sweet.

I quickly downed it with a smile on my face knowing it was a green tea at its core but without any earthy aftertaste. Upon my cursory research, I remembered it also contained a few B vitamins. I smiled again.

Once I finished it, I felt a slight tightness around the back of my head. I instantly remembered the reason why I don't get refreshers anymore. A headache was brewing (ba dum tss). Normal hot green tea doesn't give me a headache, but refreshers do. Then again, I don't usually ever put sugar in my hot tea at home. And this was drowning in it. So that could be it.

Either way, I loved that it was the first tea of my daily tea blog posts.

Tomorrow, I get green tea and jasmine flowers in the mail.

I hope you stick around on my tea journey as I try new teas and review them, make my own blends, and talk about the magic(k) of tea in all its forms.

Remember, varia-tea is the spice of life!