Pitta Organic Cooling Ayurvedic Tea

$8.00

AYURVEDIC TEA | TRACE CAFFEINE | ORGANIC | PITTA COOLING

You know the Pitta tell. The short fuse out of nowhere, the heartburn after a meal that was fine last week, the skin acting up, the wound-too-tight feeling that climbs with the heat.

This is the tea that takes the edge off without dulling your drive. Spearmint and fennel cool the system, brahmi quiets an overheated mind, and amalaki, one of Ayurveda's most revered cooling fruits, brings the whole thing back into balance*.

Made for the days your fire is running a little too hot.

Sold in 1 oz quantities. Makes 6-10 cups of tea.

Ingredients

organic licorice, organic cardamom, organic ginger, organic cinnamon, organic coriander, organic fennel, organic star anise, organic brahmi, organic amalaki, organic spearmint, organic stevia leaf, organic green tea

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Get the Most from this Tea for Cooling Inflammation

Reach for it in the afternoon. Pitta heat tends to peak between 10am and 2pm and again in the late afternoon. If that is when your short fuse shows up, when digestion gets reactive, when the overheated tight feeling climbs, that is exactly when a cooling cup does its best work.

Drink it cool, not hot. This is the opposite of a Kapha or Vata blend. Room temperature, iced, or cold-brewed pulls more heat out of the system. Warming it up works against the whole point for a Pitta type.

Cold-brew it through summer. We keep this one in the fridge through the hottest months, steeped and chilled and ready whenever the heat climbs. Summer is Pitta season in Ayurveda, characterized by heat and intensity, and that is when this tea earns its place most. Drinking it consistently through the warmer months, one to two cups a day cool or at room temperature, supports balance and helps take the edge off the symptoms that come with excess heat building up over time.

Swap it for the evening drink that heats you up. Alcohol and caffeine both stoke Pitta. Trading the evening glass of wine for a cool cup of this is one of the simplest and most effective cooling moves there is, and most people feel the difference within a few days.

Make it a consistent practice not an emergency measure. Pitta settles most when cooling practices stack up daily. One cup when you are already boiling over is not the same as two cups a day through the whole season. Build it into your rhythm before the heat peaks not after.

If you want to go deeper than the tea alone, the Pitta Balancing Kit gives you the full seasonal cooling protocol in one place.

The whole seasonal playbook for cooling a fired-up Pitta, the food, the lifestyle rituals, and how to use this tea through spring and summer, is in Pitta Dosha in Spring and Summer: Ayurvedic Diet and Lifestyle Guide.

* Health benefits have not been evaluated by the FDA. Consult your doctor if you are on medication, have a health condition, or are pregnant or nursing or having surgery.

  • Why does this tea work?

    Brahmi: the standout in this blend, a classic Ayurvedic herb for an overstimulated, overheated mind. It is the one doing the real cooling work on Pitta's mental fire, and it sets this tea apart from a simple digestive blend.

    Spearmint: cool, bright and softly sweet. It is the most directly cooling note in the cup and a big part of why this one feels refreshing rather than warming.

    Fennel: settles a heated, reactive digestion, the heartburn-and-reflux territory Pitta knows well. It carries a gentle anise sweetness through the blend.

    Coriander: a cooling seed traditionally used to take heat out of the digestive tract. It works hand in hand with the fennel.

    Amalaki: also called amla, a sour-sweet fruit Ayurveda leans on to cool and balance excess Pitta. It rounds the blend and adds depth.

    Licorice: contributes natural sweetness Ayurveda uses to pacify heat, no added sugar needed, and ties the cooling herbs together.

    Cardamom: a gentle digestive that lifts the aroma and eases bloating.

    Star anise: a sweet aromatic spice that supports digestion and adds a gentle anise warmth that keeps the cooling herbs from feeling flat.

    Ginger and cinnamon: two warming spices kept deliberately small so the blend supports digestion without tipping the whole cup hot. Pitta needs digestive support too, just not more heat, and this is how we balance that.

    Stevia leaf: a touch of natural leaf sweetness, no sugar.

    Green tea: a pinch of green tea to energize the other ingredients, which is why this one has trace caffeine.

    These statements are based on traditional herbal use and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

  • Is this the right one for me?

    This is the dosha tea for the Pitta type, the sharp, driven, focused one who tips into irritable, inflamed and overheated when the pace and the temperature climb. It is cooling and lightly sweet on purpose, to bring that fire element back down.

    If you run cold and scattered instead, anxious, dry, wired, unable to settle, that is more of a Vata pattern, and our Vata Organic Calming Ayurvedic Tea is built to warm and ground rather than cool. If your struggle is feeling heavy, sluggish and slow to get going, that is Kapha, and our Kapha Organic Energizing Ayurvedic Tea is the one made to lighten and lift.

    Not sure which one you are? Take our free Ayurvedic dosha quiz and it will point you to the right cup for your constitution.

    Already know you are Pitta and want to go all in? Our Pitta Balancing Kit gives you the full seasonal cooling protocol in one place.

  • Who should skip this one?

    Not recommended if you are pregnant, nursing, have a medical condition or are on medications without checking with your healthcare provider first.

    This blend contains licorice root. Drunk in large amounts day after day, licorice can raise blood pressure and lower potassium, so if you have high blood pressure, a heart condition, kidney issues, or you take blood pressure or diuretic medication, check with your doctor before making this a daily habit. A cup here and there is a different thing than several cups every day for weeks.

    There is a small amount of green tea in this blend which means it is not completely caffeine free. If you are sensitive to caffeine or avoiding it entirely, that is worth knowing before you start.

    If you are scheduled for surgery, stop drinking this tea at least two weeks beforehand and let your surgical team know what herbs you have been taking.

What Customers at Our Laguna Beach Store Ask About This Tea

Yes, and for Pitta types it often works faster than expected because the herbs are speaking directly to the fire element. In Ayurveda that overheated irritable inflamed feeling is excess Pitta running too high. This blend is built to bring it down the traditional way with cooling lightly sweet herbs that pull heat out of a constitution that already runs hot. In our shop we reach for this one in the afternoon when Pitta heat tends to peak. Through the hottest months we keep it cold-brewed in the fridge, and that is honestly when it works best. Drink it cool or at room temperature for the most cooling effect and give it a few consistent days before you judge it.

Yes, and Pitta actually responds best to consistent cooling habits. The one thing to watch is the licorice. Because licorice in large daily amounts over weeks can nudge blood pressure up and potassium down, keep it to a cup or so a day rather than many cups, and skip the daily habit if you have high blood pressure or a heart condition without checking with your doctor first.

For a Pitta type cooler is better. Hot tea adds heat to a system that is already running warm, so room temperature, iced, or cold-brewed gets you more of the cooling effect. In our shop we keep this one cold-brewed in the fridge through summer for exactly that reason. There is a trace of green tea in it so it is not caffeine free, just lightly caffeinated, worth knowing if you are sensitive in the evening.

Both, and in Ayurveda they are the same conversation for a Pitta type. The fennel, coriander, cardamom and spearmint in here are classic cooling digestive herbs, traditionally used to calm the heartburn, reflux and reactive digestion that flare when Pitta runs hot. If your hot streak shows up as both a short temper and an unhappy gut, this blend is working on both at once. That is traditional herbal use not a clinical claim, but it is exactly what these herbs have been used for in Ayurveda for centuries.