Teas for Tea Fanatics - Souly Rested

Tea is important around here.

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From sweet iced tea (the recipe for Bill’s favorite is below), to DIY kombucha (my favorite fermented tea), to a wonderful cup of warm, dark Tea that Tastes Like Coffee to start the morning (which I make in bulk batches), we’re pretty much tea fanatics.

Scroll down to “The Perfect Cup of Sweet Iced Tea” for a tea blend I make that is the family’s favorite.

8 of My All-Time Favorite Teas

This butterscotch black tea has a subtle, buttery butterscotch flavor.

I love the juicy peach undertones in this tea

This tropical tea is delicious warm or iced & caffeine free

This delicious blend has orange peel, lemongrass, and warm spices

Robust Assam tea is my go-to for a mug of black tea & pairs with nilgiri for pitchers of iced tea.

This Nilgiri tea is bold but still delicate and combines with Assam for the best iced tea ever.

If you like oolong teas, you will be head-over-heals for this deliciousness

This blueberry tea is a delightful dessert, with zero caffeine

My Favorite Tea-Making Products

This instant hot water heater is amazing. And the temperature is adjustable.

I store herbs, seasonings, sugars & teas with these. I always buy in packs of 4 for big savings.

These antique replica jars are gorgeous for storing teas (and lots of other pantry items).

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Want organic, loose leaf tea on the go? These bags will get you there!

Nothing heats and froths milk–for the most decadent cup of deliciousness–like this. The pitcher is dishwasher safe

This is my go-to strainer that I use many times a day, every day, for a single cup of tea. Save 10% off entire order with code SOULYRESTED

This is the strainer I use for making a pitcher of tea with loose leaf teas or making kombucha.

One of these generous steepers holds 10 TBS of tea with breathing room. So great for making a pitcher of tea with loose leaf teas or a large batch of kombucha.

I am in love with this strainer for a mason jar. It’s perfect for cold brew teas or coffees.

Why We Use Loose Leaf Tea

If you haven’t made the switch from bags to loose leaf tea, here are 7 Ways to Compare Loose Leaf vs. Tea Bags.

To sum it up, loose leaf is a healthier, more delicious choice.

More details about some great teas

These are the teas I buy in bulk (seriously).

This Assam tea is a full-bodied black tea, perfect for starting off the day. Mix it about 2 to 1 with this wonderful Nilgiri tea and you have an organic loose leaf cup of tea that is a pumped up, more delicious, totally organic version of this infamous tea.
This Juicy Peach tea, Butterscotch tea, Black Caramel tea, or this Mango Tango tea, with an added tablespoon of maple syrup, makes any morning just about perfect.
This Blueberry Bliss tea is my favorite way to sip dessert. In fact, if someone told me I had to only have one kind of tea for the rest of my life, this one might be the one I’d have to choose.
This Island Breeze is a delicious rooibos tea that is naturally sweet and tropical tasting. It’s great hot or cold.
Orange Blossom Oolong is amazing (do be careful to brew it in slightly cooler water–170 degrees–or it will taste bitter) sweetened with lilac sugar (learn how to make that here), lilac syrup, or tupelo honey.
This Sugarmakers Not Coffee Tea is so rich & deliciously bold you won’t believe it has no caffeine!

The Perfect Cup of Sweet Iced Tea

Steep 1 TB Assam and 1 tsp Niligiri (I always buy the 1-lb bulk size of both) in a few cups of hot water.

I keep a bulk canister of 1 part Nilgiri to 3 parts Assam on my counter at all times and scoop out 1 1/2 TB of the bulk mix for a pitcher of tea.

Stir in 3/4 cup of sugar, honey, maple syrup, any sweetener of your choice into your hot tea.

Add enough ice water to equal 3 quarts of iced tea.

Go here for the full recipe and more details about this sweet iced tea blend that is a favorite in our house.

And Have You Met Matcha?

Green tea leaves are ground up into a fine powder for matcha, which can be easily dissolved into a warm or cold drink.

Because farmers grow matcha differently than other green teas, it has extra high amounts of chlorophyll & antioxidants–as much as 137x as much as typical green tea! (source)

Matcha may promote heart health, enhance brain function (source), and prevent cancer (source), while also helping with weight loss (source).

One study even showed that consuming 2 grams (1 tsp) of matcha daily for 2 months helped improve brain function in the elderly (source).

Amazingly, matcha also contains L-theanine, which alters the effects of caffeine, giving you the alertness but not the crash that comes with caffeine. Studies have also found that L-theanine may encourage relaxation and decrease stress.

I love adding matcha to many different drinks, but here’s a recipe for Matcha Lemonade.

Matcha Lemonade

1 tsp matcha (this is my favorite matcha)

2 cups water

2 tsp fresh lemon juice

1 tbsp maple syrup or honey (optional)

Stir well (I like to use a nice frother to get the job done beautifully), add ice, and enjoy.

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A Few Iced Tea Recipes We Love

I really love it when I make a delicious drink with ZERO sugar. The recipe below is as delicious as my favorite Vitamin Water, but it’s made with purely 100% organic teas and stevia. If you want to get four times as much tea for only twice the price, snag the 1-pound bag.

And try the White Mimosa, flavored with honey, (that recipe is below too) for a delicious summer treat. Again, go for the 1-pound bag for the best savings.

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Better-Than-Vitamin-Water Iced Tea

2 TB Very Berry Citrus tea

1/2 TB organic stevia leaves (I get mine here)

7 cups water

Coco Berry Mango Cold Brew

2 TB Coco Berry Mango tea

1 tsp organic stevia leaves (I get mine here)

7 cups water

White Mimosa Iced Tea

2 TB White Mimosa White tea

3 TB honey (I get mine here)

7 cups water

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Tropical Paradise Sweet Tea

2 1/2 TB Tropical Tulsi Sweet Tea

1/2 TB honey (optional; I get mine here)

6 cups water

Teas Best with Maple

Hands down, these organic loose leaf teas from Farmhouse Teas are my favorite to sweeten with maple syrup: Sweet Maple Teas were inspired by my book, and man they are soooo good.

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The Teas I Use to Make Kombucha

Kombucha is delicious, carbonated, fermented tea. Join me in my kitchen and learn beside me, every step of the way toward perfect kombucha, every time. (Snag my Master Class at a great deal right now.)

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Find these delicious kombucha recipes over on my instagram:

lavender maple kombucha (video)

lavender maple kombucha (typed recipe)

white mimosa kombucha (video)

These organic teas are amazing for first ferment:

These organic options are all delicious (and super easy!) ways to flavor your second ferment:

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My Favorite Botanicals

A botanical is a plant–or part of a plant–that is valued for its medicinal or therapeutic properties

I love to forage botanicals, but don’t always have the time to do so when certain ones are in bloom, so I was elated when my favorite tea company started a whole line of botanicals! No foraging or preserving required, but all the medicinal benefits are waiting for me, inside each bag.

My top picks for functional botanicals I love adding to my teas:

Red Clover– isoflavones such as biochanin A, genistein, and daidzein give red clover an anti-inflammatory effect. It’s also effective at easing menopause symptoms and helping prevent osteoporosis
Dandelion Leaves are said to aid in digestion and stimulate our immune system
Raspberry Leaves are believed to help fight common illnesses, like the cold or flu

A few of my favorite tea blends I love to make with botanicals: