Tea Recipes
Measured blends you can repeat tomorrow
Each recipe lists dry weight, water volume, temperature, and time for home kitchen use—not as treatment for any condition. Adjust sweetness separately. We do not sell ingredients or guarantee any personal outcome. These are starting points for U.S. mugs and small teapots.
Evening quiet cup
Chamomile–lemon balm (1 mug)
Ingredients: 2 g chamomile flowers, 1 g lemon balm leaf, 240 ml water at 200°F (93°C).
Method: Warm the mug. Add herbs. Pour water, cover, steep 4 minutes. Strain. Optional: one dried rose petal for aroma.
Flavor should be apple-floral, not hay-like. If bitter, shorten the next steep by one minute rather than adding sweetener first.
Many readers keep this blend in a labeled jar: 20 g chamomile, 10 g lemon balm, 5 rose petals (by count). Shake gently before scooping 3 g total per mug.
Iced peppermint–hibiscus pitcher
For 1 liter finished drink: 6 g dried hibiscus petals, 4 g peppermint leaf, 500 ml water just off boil.
Steep covered 6 minutes. Strain into a heat-safe pitcher. Add 500 ml cold water and ice to taste. A thin orange slice adds brightness; avoid squeezing lime into very hot liquid—acid plus heat can taste sharp.
Refrigerate up to 48 hours in a sealed pitcher. Stir before serving because petals deposit color at the bottom. If the infusion feels tart, dilute with plain water instead of piling on sugar.
Warming ginger–cinnamon simmer
Small saucepan (2 mugs): 6 g fresh ginger slices (or 3 g dried), 1 g cinnamon stick pieces, 500 ml cold water.
Bring to a gentle simmer 8 minutes, lid on. Turn off heat; add 2 g rooibos if you want body without caffeine. Steep covered 5 more minutes. Strain into mugs.
This cup is spicy and sweet-wooded. Reduce ginger if heat feels strong on an empty stomach. Not ideal right before bed if spice keeps you alert—try mid-afternoon instead.
Pantry rooibos–orange (500 ml): 5 g rooibos, 1 g dried orange peel, boil 7 minutes covered. Malty-sweet without sugar. See seasonal ideas and steeping tips.
Interactive recipe batch calculator
Recipes on this site are written for one mug, two mugs, or a liter pitcher—but dinner guests, office thermoses, and family pitchers all need different amounts. Scaling by eye often means too much peppermint (bitter) or too little hibiscus (flat pink water). This calculator multiplies the listed grams and milliliters when you change the number of mugs, so you can copy one line to a sticky note before you heat the kettle.
Pick a recipe, slide the mug count, and read the updated list. Concentrate-style iced tea still uses the same logic: more leaf in the hot portion, then cold water to finish—do not simply multiply water for ice without reading the method line. Whole petals and “1 petal” lines round up sensibly for larger batches. After you try a scaled batch, jot the mug count that worked on your jar label; humidity and leaf fluff change cups year to year even when math stays the same.
Events Calendar
Join our Pantry Blend Workshop on September 11, 2026 to build three jars from these recipes. See the full list on Home → Events or register via Contact.
- Sep 11, 2026 Pantry Blend Workshop — label ratios, taste side by side, Q&A on steep times.