I received a very late house warming present a couple of weeks ago, it was a ’sleep tight’ tea from T2.
Sleep tight is a herbal tea that relaxes your body and surprisingly works on your mind too. I’m a terrible sleeper. On average it takes me around half an hour to a full hour to get to sleep. I have a very restless mind which keeps me awake.
My friend who bought the tea for me was suffering from work stress related sleepless nights. The tea worked so well for her that she bought me some for my house warming then kept asking me daily if I’d tried it yet, she seemed really excited about it. When I finally did remember to try it I was REALLY surprised by the results. Not only did the tea relax my body, but it seemed to calm my mind as well.
You need to drink the tea in the winding down time of the night. When you’re in bed reading a book or watching TV at the end of the night. We’ve both tried the tea when we’re still working late at night (or blogging in my case) and it doesn’t work nearly as well. I usually make a pot of the tea then go to bed with a book and the teapot and cup beside me. It’s a great cosy thing to do in winter.
Sleep tight also tastes really nice. A lot of herbal teas can taste really nasty but this one has a gorgeous subtle flavour which can only be described by its ingredients, which include lemon balm leaf, wood betony, jasmine flower, lavender flower and rose petals.
When buying tea you can tell the quality by the size of the leaves, big chunky leaves and dried ingredients such as flowers and petals are a really good sign. Some tea contains entire dried flower buds!
Tea-ology
Everyone must know I have this thing for tea because around the same time my sister started emailing me about a tea store in Western Australia called tea-ology. I love the tea-ology tag line, ‘no caffeine, no pesticides, no baggage’, that’s fantastic. Whoever thought of that tagline is a genius. Tea-ology has four healing teas which include ‘gut detox’, ‘liver detox’, ‘kidney + bladder detox’ and ’skin detox’. I ordered two packets of the skin detox tea which is recommended for acne, eczema and psoriasis so we’ll see how it goes. My dad suffers from eczema so mum’s going to get him some to see if it works too.
Tea-ology recommends drinking their teas twice a day. I had my first cup of the skin detox tonight and it was delicious, it had a very subtle peppermint flavour. The packet describes this tea as ‘a subtle infusion of organic chamomile, red clover and peppermint amongst other healing herbs with a mild, sweet flavour’ and I’d say they’re spot on.
I’m very excited about what the tea promises so I sure hope they can deliver. Apparently the herbs in skin detox are combined for their blood cleansing, anti-infective, and anti-inflammatory properties to soothe inflamed skin, open clogged pores, remove blood impurities and improve skin circulation. It’ll be great if it does all that! I’m going to be so beautiful and radiant in a couple of months, look out boys!
For more information on these fantastic teas visit these websites …
- T2 – http://www.T2tea.com
- Tea-ology – http://www.tea-ology.com.au
Frances Kerr
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Frances…nice work! I’ve tried a particular tea in the past that was developed for night-time use. I can’t say if it’s the tea that caused the relaxation sensation or the fact that it was the RITUAL of having tea at night. My best guess would be 40% tea, 60% ritual.
Now, I’m obviously biased toward exercise as a method of flushing my already feeble brain of any left-over thoughts. Perhaps more accurately, I work on getting my body so tired that it takes over my monkey brain and shuts me down at night.
I wish you the best with the sleep and the tea!
hak
Fran! I am so excited to have found you through Yaro! Maybe we can link together….? I was looking for holistic sites today for a quick link I did on foods. I’ve got 15 years in Holistic Health and my other business is Marketing for Holistic Practitioners… email me!
Hey Fran,
I’m a huge fan of tea – my parents bought me a teapot for my birthday this year and I’m always looking for quality leaf teas to try out. Till now I’ve never considered buying tea through the internet because there’s no where to vouch for the quality or freshness, so I’ve just been buying leaves from the Deli at Chermside.
The skin detox sounds crazy, I’ll have to give that a go. I’m always up to try an interesting blend of weird flavours. So far the craziest tasting tea I’ve tried is Greek Mountain tea – a mate of mine describes it as tasting like “old people”.
It’s about time I found your blog!
Hak, yeah you’re probably right, it’s probably a lot to do with the ritual. I used to have decaf English tea though and it didn’t work nearly as well. Although perhaps it’s partially me just thinking it’ll work ..hmmm
Rob, that old people tea sounds really bad! I know T2 is in Brisbane so you could try that. Buying online is a bit of a gamble but if it’s medicinal tea like tea-ology that’s a little different. Try the skin detox, it’s really nice!
Wow… these places are Steep. On my budget I’ll be saving for months to afford that
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Have you ever considered growing your own tea? I’d love to make a blend of darjeeling or something taboo. As long as it won’t taste like old people I’m happy.
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Hi,
I’ve used both the gut detox tea & the liver detox tea from tea-ology for years now. They’re really great for when you’re feeling bloated and uncomfortable. I don’t drink them twice a day, just when I feel the need. I suffer from irritable bowel syndrome & they really help. They taste nice too!
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