Anti-Anxiety and Depression Organic Herbal Tea

$8.00

HERBAL TEA | CAFFEINE FREE | ORGANIC | MOOD AND STRESS SUPPORT

This is the morning cup for the day that already feels like too much.

An adaptogen-led blend built around ashwagandha and tulsi, with St. John's wort for a brighter mood, made to steady a wired nervous system and gently lift you while you stay clear and awake*. No caffeine, no crash, nothing to wind you up further. Just a warm, earthy, lightly minty cup you can reach for every morning and keep reaching for. 

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

Ingredients

organic ashwagandha, organic tulsi, organic nettle leaf, organic st. john's wort, organic spearmint leaf, organic damiana leaf, organic valerian root

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Unlock the Full Benefit of this Tea

Make it the first thing you do, before the scrolling on your phone. Brew your cup, hold it in both hands, and take three slow breaths before your first sip. That pause signals the vagus nerve and sets a calmer tone for the day. It matters more than it sounds.

This is not a one-cup-and-done tea. Anxiety runs through the whole day, and your tea should work the same way. We recommend one of two methods:

1) The double steep: brew your first cup at 208F for 5 to 7 minutes covered. Save the leaves. About 3 to 4 hours later steep them again at the same temperature for 10 to 15 minutes. Two cups, same leaves, steady support through the day.

2) The micro-dose: put your tea in an unbleached bag, drop it in a bottle of room temperature water and sip it slowly throughout the day. Your body absorbs small steady doses far better than one big cup all at once. This is the method we teach our customers at the shop for long term stress and anxiety.

If a wave of anxiety hits during the day, use the cup as an anchor. Name five things you can see, four you can feel, three you can hear, two you can smell, one you can taste. The warmth, weight and scent of the tea in your hands deepen the effect.

We put together a free 3 to 6 week Anxiety and Depression Wellness Guide to get the most of using this tea.

* 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.

  • Why does this tea work?

    ashwagandha: the foundation of the blend, an adaptogen traditionally used to calm an overactive stress response and support steadier energy and mood.

    tulsi: also called holy basil, long used in Ayurveda to help the body handle stress and to brighten a heavy, foggy mood.

    st. john's wort: traditionally used to support mood through the day, and the ingredient that means you should check with your doctor if you take any medications, see below.

    valerian root: better known for sleep, here in a smaller supporting role to ease nervous tension without making the cup sedating.

    nettle leaf: a mineral-rich green traditionally used to replenish a body run down by stress.

    spearmint leaf: soothes the gut and the gut-brain connection, and gives the blend its bright, easy-to-drink finish.

    damiana leaf: a traditional mood-lifting botanical that rounds out the blend's gentle uplift.

    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?

    If you want daytime support, something caffeine-free you can sip in the morning to steady your nerves and lift your mood without slowing you down, this is the one. It is built around adaptogens like ashwagandha and tulsi for exactly that.

    If your harder hours are at night, our Happy Place Mushroom Tea is the better pick. It is the evening blend in this pair, built with lion's mane, reishi and calming herbs to wind you down and build resilience over time. A lot of people use the two together, this one in the morning and Happy Place at night.

    And if you want simple daytime calm without St. John's wort and its medication interactions, look at our Stress Less blend instead. It is the safer choice if you take prescription medication and would rather not navigate that conversation with your doctor.

  • 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 St. John's wort, which has well-documented interactions with a number of medications, including antidepressants, birth control pills, and blood thinners. With antidepressants in particular the combination can be dangerous. If you take any prescription medication, please talk to your doctor before drinking this one.

What Customers Ask Us About This Tea

Yes, when you drink it consistently and give it time. This blend pairs St. John's wort (long used to support a brighter mood) with ashwagandha, one of the most studied adaptogens traditionally used to take the edge off a stressed-out nervous system and steady you through the day.

What sets this tea apart is that it is the daytime, caffeine-free member of a pair. This one is formulated to support you while you are awake and getting on with your day and the other one winds you down at night.

This is not a instant switch you flip. It is a small, steady signal to your body, repeated daily, that does its best work over weeks.

Give it three to six weeks of drinking it every day. This is the question we get often at the store. Adaptogens like ashwagandha build up gradually. Most people notice a gentle shift somewhere around weeks three to four. If you are hoping for a calm hit from a single cup, this is not that kind of tea, and we would rather tell you that straight than oversell it.

Anxiety and depression did not happen overnight, and healing does not either. Be patient, be consistent, and be kind to yourself on that path to feeling better.

For most people the daily cup is the whole point, it is caffeine-free and made to be a steady morning ritual. The one real caution is the St. John's wort in the blend. It has well-documented interactions with antidepressants, birth control pills and blood thinners, and the antidepressant combination especially can be risky. If you take any medication, check with your doctor before making this part of your routine. If you are medication-free, daily use is generally fine.

St. John's wort is one of the more studied mood herbs, and the research is genuinely mixed. Several trials found this natural remedy about as helpful as standard medication for mild to moderate low mood. The evidence does not support it for severe depression. This tea is not a substitute for care from your doctor. In this blend St. John's wort is one supporting part of an adaptogen-led cup built around ashwagandha and tulsi, meant as gentle daily support, not a cure. And because it interacts with antidepressants and other medications, please talk to your doctor first if you take anything.