Friday, January 2, 2015

Chamomile Mint Herbal Tea Recipe




When you are having a rough day, the best thing you can do is make a homemade chamomile mint herbal tea to sip on. It helps relieve stress, tension, headaches, soreness and anxiety. It also helps calm the mind, body and spirit down so you can get to sleep faster and easier at nighttime. If you are suffering from an upset stomach chamomile mint tea just might be the thing to settle it right on down.

Ingredients 

2 Tbsp. Dried Loose Leaf Chamomile Flowers
 1 Tbsp. Dried Loose Leaf Mint
 3 cups water

Materials

Pan Strainer
Tea Pot
Tea Cup

Directions
1. Place the dried chamomile and mint into the pan and pour in the 3 cups of water.

2. Cover the pan with a lid and bring the pot of water with the herbs in it to a boil. Usually takes about 5 minutes.

3. Remove the pan from the stove once the water has reached a boil and allow the tea to steep for about 10 minutes with the lid on.

4. Place a small strainer into your teapot and carefully pour the chamomile mint herbal tea into it. Toss the loose chamomile and mint leaves left in the strainer directly into the trash. Your teapot should have a golden yellow herbal tea that has a strong chamomile mint aroma after straining the leaves from it.

5. Pour some of the chamomile mint herbal tea from the teapot into a tea cup. You may add milk, cream, sugar or honey to add more flavor.

6. Sit down in a quiet cozy spot and sip the chamomile mint herbal tea down slowly.

Warnings 

Some people are allergic to chamomile and mint. If you are allergic to these ingredients do not use this recipe.