Good evening,

and thank you for joining me tonight

for something slightly different.

I am a tea lover,

I drink tea at breakfast,

in the afternoon,

and herbal tea before I got to bed.

And even if I already have

my favourite blends

and my go-to teas

I wanted to try to make

a few blends of my own

each of them with a different purpose.

So I hope you'll enjoy this tea tasting session.

Here I've gathered about 20-25

different plants, herbs, dry fruits,

flowers and spices,

all of them perfectly edible of course.

I'm going to make 3 different herbal teas.

And even if I don't know exactly

what I'm going to use yet,

I thought I would make

a kind of of medicinal tea first.

Nothing better than a sleeping blend.

Then I will try floral tea and finally

something fruity and spicy.

I will take notes every time

just to see what I could improve

or to keep track of my recipes

if they are actually worth it.

So let me show you a few of the plants

and herbs I have here.

So this is lemon balm.

A very relaxing plant,

also known to help with melancholy

and depression.

This is one of my favourites.

Here we have lemon,

dry of course.

Orange here.

These are raspberry leaves,

very helpful for women with period cramps.

And it's full of vitamins as well.

Here we have blueberries.

This is eucalyptus.

Very fragrant.

What else...

Cocoa beans.

I love to eat them just like this,

it's not for everyone but

it's full of benefits

and I love cocoa.

This is chamomile.

One of my favourites.

Verbena,

very relaxing as well.

These are violets.

Cinnamon.

I also have dry apple,

calendula.

And on the other side...

Lavender.

Sage.

Sage is good everything.

Goji berries.

Elderflowers, vanilla and

yes,

rosebuds.

And of course I'm going to need

hot water, cups, teapots,

and I will probably fill a few tea bags as well.

Here I have paper tea bags.

I love this sound.

It always reminds me of Gentle Whispering

and her tea box.

I have a few cotton bags as well.

So let's start with the first blend.

So as I said I want something

that wil help me sleep.

And for sleeping I have about

6 or 7 plants here that would great.

And since chamomile is one of my favourites

I will definitely start with this one as the base.

Here we go.

One spoon of chamomile.

And then...

I'm going to use lemon balm.

Yes, same quantity.

Then...

Of course, lavender.

One of the most relaxing plants.

But I'm going to grind this one.

I'm going to take my trusty mortar.

And put about half of a teaspoon.

And here we go.

Alright.

It smells so good.

Maybe it's a bit too much.

So just a pinch of it.

Alright.

So here we have 3 different ingredients...

What else could I add?

Even if it's not specifically relaxing,

I'd like to try elderflowers.

This one smells good as well.

So just a bit.

Alright.

Maybe I could also add verbena,

but I already have lemon balm

which has this lemon flavour

so it might be too much.

Alright, time to brew this blend.

I'm going to use this glass cup.

And put a pinch of the herbs in the filter.

A bit more...

Alright.

Here we go.

And now let's wait about 5 minutes.

I'm going to put the lid back

so it will keep all the flavours.

Alright, let's taste it.

This is a very light color.

It smells good.

The strongest flavour is clearly

the chamomile.

This is quite good,

not bad for a first one.

Maybe I could have brewed it

a little bit longer.

It's not very strong.

Or maybe I should have put

more of the blend in the filter.

It's very light, but quite good.

So I'm going to take some notes

and write suggestions about

how I could improve this.

I'm going to use the small one.

So...

Sleeping blend...

Chamomile...

Lemon balm...

Elderflowers and lavender.

I think there is too much lavender as well.

So, next time I will try with

more chamomile, less lavender.

And...

Yes, I will add lime tree leaves as well.

Alright.

Next, something floral.

Spring is upon us and

I want to greet it with a scented tea.

And the first ingredient coming to my mind

is rose.

So I'm going to use this

as a very classic base.

This is heaven.

So,

let's use one.

And next...

Jasmine flowers of course.

Maybe...

Yes, it should be fine.

Rose and jasmine...

sound like a good base.

Lavender could be great as well

but I want to try something else.

Maybe violets.

A bit more...

This is pretty.

I'm just going to add one calendula flower.

Just because of the color.

Let's add a bit of sunshine

in this blend.

Alright, I don't know if

it's going to be good.

But at least,

it's pretty.

Alright,

same, time to brew this blend.

And this time I'll put this in a tea bag.

I'm going to use...

a reusable cotton bag.

Good.

Let's take a teapot.

And I don't need this.

Here we go.

It already smells so good.

Let's wait about 5 to 10 minutes again.

Alright, time for tasting.

Again, the color seems very light

but here it's not surprising.

It's even lighter.

We can definitely smell the rose.

Let's see.

It's very good.

Jasmine brings some kind of earthy taste

I don't know if it makes sense but

it's very well balanced,

I will definitely make this one again.

Maybe I could add a second rosebud.

Yes.

So, floral tea...

So I put one rosebud,

and then,

jasmine flowers.

I can smell the violets but it's very

very light.

But there is enough.

So maybe just one more rosebud.

For one cup, 2 rosebuds.

And next time, I will add a bit of honey.

It will be perfect.

Alright.

Final blend.

And I want a fruity, and maybe slightly spicy blend

for any moment of the day

including breakfast.

Starting with...

Orange.

That's enough, it may be a bit strong.

And then...

Let's try apple.

Just one slice.

I'm going to try cinnamon.

I'm going to grind it.

Alright.

Just a little bit...

It makes a lovely sound,

like dry leaves.

Alright.

So 3 ingredients...

I'd like to try... blueberries.

This will probably give a strong color

to the tea.

And finally,

I could try cocoa,

or maybe Goji berries,

or ginger,

but I'm going to choose vanilla.

Just a few bits.

3, 4, and 5.

And I think it's enough.

We don't to put everything we like

in one blend.

It would be too much

and probably disappointing.

And for this one I'm going to use

a glass infuser.

Just like this.

Here we go.

Alright, perfect.

All I can smell for now is

cinnamon.

it's alright.

Hot water and...

Directly in the infuser.

This time I'm going to wait 10 minutes.

Since this infuser has no lid

I hope it won't get too cold.

Maybe I can add a bit of water.

Alright.

Let's wait.

It's been 10 minutes.

It doesn't seem too cold.

This is a very light color again,

but this is a nice golden color.

And the main smell is apple here.

I thought the bluberries would give

some kind of purple color

but it doesn't really matter.

Let's see.

It's really good.

Blueberries are not present at all but

I can taste vanilla and cinnamon of course.

It makes me think of Christmas teas,

very very good.

And it's already sweet so it wouldn't require

any honey or sugar in my opinion.

Next time I might add more of orange,

there is enough apple clearly but

yes, orange.

And I love cinnamon.

Alright it might be the best of the 3.

So, orange, vanilla...

I think I can skip the blueberries.

And maybe try cocoa next time.

No blueberry.

And,

adding cocoa.

And this could definitely make

the perfect Christmas blend.

Alright, so now I'm going to make

more of this last blend

and fill a few tea bags

so I can enjoy it for the days to come.

I hope you enjoyed this video

and as always,

I wish you a very good night.