Stress Busting Adaptogenic Support Organic

$8.00

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

Some stress settles in and just never leaves, running quietly in the background so long it starts to feel like your normal, even though your body never quite gets to stand down.

This grounding tea is a blend of adaptogenic roots and mushrooms built around ashwagandha and reishi mushrooms, the herbs people reach for when stress has settled in and will not let go. It works with your body gently and gradually, the way adaptogens are meant to. Warm, earthy, lightly spiced, and surprisingly easy to drink for a root-and-mushroom tea. The daily cup for when you want your nervous system to remember how to rest*.

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

Ingredients

organic ashwagandha, organic dandelion root, organic ginger, organic clove, organic schisandra berry, organic reishi mushroom, organic slippery elm, organic maca

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Unlock the Full Benefit of this Tea

Make it a daily ritual, not a now-and-then cup. Adaptogens work by building up. One of our regulars, who runs a catering business in Irvine, added this tea to her mid-morning routine and described it as her nervous system finally learning how to breathe. That steady cumulative shift is the whole point.

We teach all our customers at the shop to double steep this tea rather than drink one strong cup. Here is why. Your body understands information in small doses. A gentler cup taken twice gives your system time to work with what it is receiving instead of being hit with everything at once. You also get the full medicinal value from the leaves instead of leaving half of it in the cup.

Here is how to do it. Your first steep at 212F for 5 to 7 minutes, covered. Then about 3 to 4 hours later use the same leaves again, same temperature, but steep this time for 10 to 15 minutes for a deeper, fuller draw. Two cups, same leaves, full value.

Pick a consistent time and anchor it to something. Mid-morning for your first cup works beautifully, and because it is caffeine free your second cup is just as good in the early afternoon or evening.

Always steep covered. These are roots and mushrooms and they need the full time and heat to give you everything they have.

Build a small pause around it. Hold the cup in both hands and take three slow breaths before your first sip. That pause signals your nervous system to downshift, and paired with an adaptogen tea it is a real one-two for stress.

Add raw honey if you like. A little honey after brewing softens the earthy spiced base without getting in the way of the herbs.

We go deep on all of this in Episode 9 of our Tea on Wellness podcast, Functional Teas for Stress, Sleep and Balance: Brew, Sip, Thrive. It is one of our most listened to episodes and worth a listen if you want to get the most from your wellness teas.

* 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 headliner, and the most studied adaptogen for stress and cortisol. Traditionally used to help the body steady itself under pressure without sedating you.

    Reishi mushroom: a classic adaptogenic mushroom long used in Eastern herbalism as a calming tonic, the kind of ingredient people turn to for help winding down and bouncing back from stress.

    Schisandra berry: a traditional adaptogen berry used to support resilience and steady energy, so calm does not have to mean foggy.

    Dandelion root: an earthy, gently bitter root that rounds out the base and supports everyday digestion and detox, a nice companion to a stressed system.

    Ginger: warming and settling on the stomach, it brightens the blend and makes the roots and mushrooms genuinely pleasant to drink.

    Clove: a little warm spice for depth and aroma, with a long traditional use as a comforting, warming herb.

    Slippery elm: a soothing, mucilaginous herb traditionally used to calm and coat the digestive tract, gentle on the gut.

    Maca: a Peruvian root traditionally used to support energy and stamina, balancing the calming herbs so the blend grounds you without flattening you.

    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 deep one. If your stress is the chronic, cortisol-driven kind, wired but exhausted, running on empty but unable to switch off, this adaptogen-and-mushroom blend is built to retrain that response over a few weeks of daily use. It asks for patience and rewards consistency.

    If you want something lighter for everyday calm and you are not ready to give up a little caffeine, our Stress Less is the easier daytime pick, a green tea naturally rich in L-theanine for gentle calm-alertness rather than deep nervous system work.

    And if your stress shows up more as low mood and anxiety than as that tired-and-wired cortisol pattern, look at our Anti-Anxiety and Depression Herbal Tea, which is built around mood support. One heads-up, that one contains St. John's Wort, which interacts with a number of medications, so check with your doctor first if you take anything.

  • 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 ashwagandha, which is not recommended during pregnancy and can interact with thyroid, blood sugar, blood pressure, and sedative medications, as well as affect autoimmune conditions.

    It also contains reishi mushroom, which can interact with blood thinners and blood sugar or blood pressure medications, and should be avoided if you have a mushroom allergy.

What Customers Ask Us About This Tea

Ashwagandha is the most researched adaptogen there is, and the studies behind it are genuinely encouraging, with people reporting less stress and lower cortisol after consistent use. It is the anchor of this blend for exactly that reason.

That said, most of that research uses concentrated extracts, and a cup of tea is gentler than a standardized capsule. What a daily cup gives you is a steady, traditional way to take ashwagandha alongside the other adaptogens in here, a small repeated signal to a stressed out system rather than a single big dose.

Give it three to six weeks of daily use. Adaptogens like ashwagandha and reishi do not work like a fast acting remedy, they work by gradually nudging your stress response back toward balance, so the shift is real but subtle and it builds. The people who get the most out of this tea are the ones who stay consistent even before they feel much. Think of it as retraining, not a quick fix.

For most people a daily cup is exactly how it is meant to be used, and it is caffeine free so it will not keep you up. The caveat is the ashwagandha and reishi, which interact with several kinds of medication including thyroid, blood sugar, blood pressure, sedatives and blood thinners, and ashwagandha is not for use in pregnancy.

With ashwagandha it is also a sensible habit to take an occasional break rather than drinking it nonstop for many months. If you are on any medications or have a health condition, check with your doctor first, and then a daily cup is a lovely habit.

The mushroom is reishi, and it has been used for a very long time in Eastern herbalism as a calming, grounding tonic, the kind of thing people reach for to help wind down and recover from stress. Modern interest in it centers on the same idea, supporting the body's stress response and that natural evening wind-down. In this blend it works alongside the ashwagandha and schisandra as part of the adaptogen team, adding an earthy depth to the cup while it is at it.