Lavender Tea Benefits
Should You Drink Lavender Tea?
Yumm, fragrant, floral lavender. Lavender is most associated with scent because of its captivating, heady aroma. But did you know lavender is edible? Those dainty purple buds can brew up the most lovely tea.
So should you drink lavender? It’s up to you! But read on to learn more about lavender tea.
Health Benefits of Lavender Tea
This fragrant herb actually has a long history as a medicinal. It was used as far back as in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome for relaxation, cleanliness, purification and healing. Over the centuries, lavender has been used as an essential oil, distilled as a lavender water, in incense, and of course, as a tea.
So is lavender tea good for you? Everyone is different (like with any food or medicinals, it depends on the individual) and the research is still developing on lavender’s health benefits, but modern science suggests such benefits as:
- Increasing melatonin for better sleep
- Helping with migraine headaches
- Decreasing stress hormone cortisol
- Reducing anxiety and depression
- Serving as an antiseptic & antibacterial and aiding with wound healing
Now you may be wondering…
What Does Lavender Tea Taste Like?
Lavender tea tastes a lot like it smells. Distinctly floral, with a soft, green herby undertones, and faint notes of citrus. It's actually in the mint family and related to other edible herbs such as rosemary, oregano, lemon balm, thyme, basil, sage, and of course peppermint and spearmint.
How to Drink Lavender Tea
You can drink lavender by either making it yourself or buying it ready-made, either as a loose leaf tea or in tea bags. If you want to make it yourself, you can buy a plant.
Buying Lavender Tea
We highly recommend buying organic lavender tea, since the edible part of the plant is exposed to pesticide spraying (unlike produce with a rind or peelable skin). We offer a couple caffeine-free blends made with certified organic ingredients:
Farmhouse Lavender herbal tea, a lavender & hibiscus tea blended with lemon balm, and Four Sisters herbal tea, a chamomile-lavender forward tea blended with peppermint and lemongrass.
Planting Lavender
Even if you already have a lavender tea you love, lavender is a lovely and versatile addition for your garden. You can use it for tea, cake and cookie decorating, fresh flower cuttings, flavoring simple syrup, and more.
If you end up buying a lavender plant, we recommend sticking it in the ground rather than keeping it in the kitchen if you want to make regular use of it. Lavender will grow well in poor soil, it just really does not like wet feet. That being said, if you manage to get lavender to take off in your garden, it can become quite large and then you will be able to harvest the buds during its bloom season.
