Tea Time for Wellness

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There’s nothing better on a cold midwinter’s day than a soothing cup of hot tea. But besides being a tasty, warming pick-me-up, tea also has a long history of being hailed for its role in improving common health troubles and increasing wellbeing. Wellness teas combine multiple botanicals, herbs, spices, and green tea to provide targeted benefits to your body—helping with everything from a troubled tummy to boosting immunity and relieving stress.

Here are a few of our favorite teas that can support a healthy lifestyle:

Mushroom Teas

Mushrooms have long been used across cultures as traditional medicine to promote health and wellbeing—they are considered adaptogens, which can help your body manage stress. High levels of antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and amino acids found also mean that mushrooms are a superfood and can promote a healthy and robust immune system.

Our pick: 

Choice Organic Reishi Detox – Reishi is full of antioxidants that can boost your body’s natural defenses and help break down stress-related cortisol, while dandelion and burdock root support the liver in eliminating toxins.

 

 

Herbal Teas

Not really a “tea”, herbal tea is an infusion of leaves, seeds, roots, or bark, extracted in hot water. The possible benefits of drinking a well-steeped herbal tea depend on the composition, which may be one or more herbs or flowers. Some of the most common are:

  • Chamomile – calming properties
  • Ginger – soothes nausea
  • Kava Root – calms the mind
  • Milk Thistle & Dandelion – liver cleansers
  • Rosehips & Roobios – high in vitamin C
  • Peppermint – reduces symptoms of gas and bloating
  • Turmeric – stimulates antioxidant activity, soothes inflammation

 

Find a variety of premixed ailment specific blends or make your own personal combination with herbs in our bulk department.

Our picks:

Rishi Turmeric Ginger – Inspired by Ayurvedic herbal tonics for cold and cough season, this tea combines inflammation reducing turmeric with soothing licorice root and ginger.

Evening in Missoula (loose leaf found in our Bulk Department) – Calming chamomile makes this tea perfect for winding down at the end of the day while rosehips offer an antioxidant boost and various mints can ease digestion—combining for a comforting, restorative cup of tea.

 

Matcha Tea

This bright green tea differs from steeped green tea in that the whole leaves are processed into a powder that is invested, making it a more potent source of nutrients than regular green tea. Matcha tea contains antioxidants, polyphenols, EGCG, and L-theanine, which combine to promote healthy immune defenses, mood, and energy levels.

Our picks:

Choice Organic Reishi Matcha – Matcha promotes an alert, yet calm energy while reishi mushrooms can aid your body’s defenses and cordyceps supports immunity.

Rishi Matcha Super Green – Vibrant fresh Matcha and sweet sencha tea combine for a supercharged, uplifting, cup of tea rich in antioxidants.