CCF Ayurveda Tea Organic

$8.00

AYURVEDIC TEA | CAFFEINE FREE | ORGANIC | DIGESTION SUPPORT

Three sacred toasted seeds, one golden cup, and the heavy feeling after a meal starts to lift. Gentle enough for every day, good enough that you will reach for it without being told to.

This is the everyday digestive tea of Ayurveda, cumin, coriander and fennel brewed into something savory and nutty that you sip with your meals or between them to keep things running smooth*. 

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

Ingredients

organic toasted coriander seeds, organic toasted cumin seeds, organic toasted fennel seeds

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Get the Most from this Tea for Daily Digestion

Drink a cup after your main meal. That is the sweet spot for this blend, and the reason it works so well is that cumin, coriander and fennel support digestion without the stimulating heat that ginger or black pepper would add. You get the digestive help and none of the extra fire.

No strainer needed. Add a teaspoon to your cup or water bottle, pour boiling water over it and drink it seeds and all. The seeds are good for you and easy to eat. This is as simple as it gets.

If you want it throughout the day, steep a teaspoon in your water bottle in the morning and sip it as it cools. Works just as well at room temperature, which makes it an easy all-day habit.

In summer or if you tend to run hot, add a squeeze of fresh lime after brewing. It brightens the cup and in Ayurveda lime is the classic Pitta cooler.

Reach for it when you run hot. In Ayurveda, CCF is one of the go-to teas for Pitta types, the people whose digestion and drive both run strong and who do better with steady, gentle support than with anything aggressive or heating. If that sounds like you, this is a tea worth keeping around.

Lean on it in winter especially. Cold weather already strengthens digestion, and a warming-but-not-heating seed tea like this gives that strong winter digestive fire consistent backup without overdoing it.

Not sure which dosha you are? The shop has a quick dosha quiz that tells you which constitution you run, and which teas and foods actually suit you, which makes a tea like this one land a lot more precisely.

Want to know exactly where CCF fits in a Pitta day, meal by meal? Read Pitta Dosha in Winter: Your Complete 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?

    Coriander seed: the rounding, cooling seed of the three, traditionally used to ease gas and calm a stomach that feels irritated. It works by promoting the secretion of digestive enzymes, which is the specific reason this blend helps your body actually absorb and assimilate what you eat rather than just moving it through. The coriander in this blend comes from our family farm in India, where our family has grown it for generations.

    Cumin seed: the warming workhorse, used for ages to wake up sluggish digestion and get a heavy stomach moving again. Toasting it is what gives this tea its nutty, savory backbone.

    Fennel seed: the after-meal classic, the one used for generations to settle gas and bloating, with a soft sweet licorice note that balances the savory and makes the cup easy to drink.

    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 everyday digestive cup, the savory, golden seed tea you drink with meals to keep things running smooth rather than to put out a fire. It is gentle, all-day, and a little nutty, the one to reach for if you want a steady habit instead of an in-the-moment fix.

    If your problem is a tight, gassy, puffed-up stomach right now and you want fast, cooling, minty relief, our Bloat No More blend is the better pick for that exact moment. And if you are after a long-game daily tonic that works on your whole system over time, not just digestion, look at our Ayurvedic Triphala. CCF is the savory everyday seed tea that sits comfortably between the two.

  • 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.

    One specific note: this blend is mildly diuretic, the kind of tea that has you visiting the bathroom a little more, which is part of its traditional appeal but worth knowing if you already take a water pill or a prescription diuretic. Check with your doctor before making it a daily habit if that is you, and it is the reason most people drink it earlier in the day rather than right before bed.

    If you have a surgery scheduled, stop drinking this blend at least two weeks before your procedure and let your surgical team know what herbs you have been taking.

What Customers at Our Laguna Beach Store Ask About This Tea

Yes, this is the famous Ayurveda tea for everyday digestion, and it is the whole reason cumin, coriander and fennel get toasted and brewed together instead of just thrown in a curry. The idea is simple. These three seeds gently wake up your digestion, the traditional word for it is kindling your digestive fire, so a heavy or sluggish stomach has an easier time breaking food down and actually pulling the nutrients out of it.

Our CCF is the organic, toasted version of that classic blend, savory and golden, and it is the tea people reach for when meals sit heavy and they want something to drink with dinner that earns its place.

It can, and that is a big part of why people drink it, though it works a little differently than a quick minty fix. Fennel is a classic carminative, the kind of seed used for generations to help trapped gas move along, and cumin and coriander support the whole job of breaking food down so less of it sits and ferments and turns into bloat in the first place. CCF is more of an everyday keep-things-running tea than an emergency rescue, so if your main problem is sharp after-meal bloating in the moment, a peppermint-led blend tends to act faster.

Savory and nutty with a soft sweet finish, and golden in the cup. Toasting the coriander and cumin gives it a warm, earthy, almost broth-like base, and the fennel rounds it out with a gentle licorice sweetness. It is closer to a savory spice tea than a sweet herbal one, which catches some people off guard the first time, but it is the kind of flavor you end up craving once your stomach learns to associate it with feeling better. A squeeze of lime brightens it nicely if you want it lighter.

Yes, this is one of the gentler wellness teas and it is built for daily sipping, which is exactly how it has traditionally been used. Two to three cups a day is the usual rhythm, with or between meals. The one thing to keep in mind is its mild diuretic quality, so most people keep it to the daytime rather than right before bed, and as with anything, listen to your own body and ease off if it does not agree with you.