Loose Leaf Herbal Teas
Discover our range of premium herbal teas, expertly blended by medical herbalists in London. Each infusion is crafted to support your systemic health, offering a natural and delicious way to integrate botanical medicine into your daily ritual. Enjoy the therapeutic benefits of the finest herbal teas today. All caffeine-free, all vegan.
Loose Leaf Herbal Teas
What's in our Herbal Tea Collection
Herbal tea is an infusion made by steeping flowers, leaves, roots, barks or seeds in hot water. It contains no Camellia sinensis, the plant that black, green, white and oolong tea come from, which is why herbal tea is naturally caffeine-free. The correct term is a tisane, though almost nobody uses it. Ours are blended from whole-cut botanicals rather than milled dust, so every ingredient in the tin is visible.
Yes. Herbal tea contains no caffeine because it isn't made from the tea plant at all, but from other botanicals infused in hot water. Two exceptions are worth knowing when you're buying elsewhere: blends containing yerba mate or guayusa do carry caffeine, and some "herbal" blends have green tea added. None of our fifteen contains any of them.
Use one heaped teaspoon per cup, pour over freshly boiled water, cover, and steep for five to ten minutes before straining. Covering matters more than most people expect. The aromatic oils in peppermint, elderflower and yarrow are volatile and leave with the steam if the cup is left open. Roots and barks want the full ten minutes; flowers and leaves are ready sooner.
One heaped teaspoon, roughly 1.5 to 2 grams, per 250ml cup. Light, fluffy blends made mostly of flowers and leaves take a slightly more generous spoon than dense ones built on roots and barks, simply because they weigh less for the same volume. Tin sizes vary by blend, from 40g up to 125g, so a tin gives anywhere between roughly twenty-five and seventy cups. Each product page states its own.
Loose leaf tea generally has more flavour and aroma than tea bags, because it uses whole or large-cut plant material that holds its volatile oils far longer than the fine dust used to fill bags. It also lets you see exactly what you're drinking, and it can usually be brewed twice. A further point worth knowing: many commercial tea bags contain plastic in the sealing mesh.
Yes. Whole-cut botanicals have plenty left in them after one infusion, so adding fresh boiling water to the same leaves later in the day gives a lighter second cup. Use the leaves the same day rather than leaving them damp overnight. Tea bag dust gives up almost everything in the first brew, which is why it doesn't work the same way.
The botanicals traditionally used in evening blends across Western herbal practice are valerian, passionflower, chamomile, lemon balm, skullcap and wild lettuce. Most are taken as an infusion in the hour before bed. Our Deep Sleep brings together skullcap, passionflower, lemon balm, peppermint and wild lettuce. Balance is the gentler of the two — chamomile, lemon balm, tulsi, vervain and rose petals. Both are caffeine-free.
Most herbal teas are made for daily drinking, though some contain botanicals that carry duration limits or pregnancy cautions, so it's worth checking the individual blend rather than assuming. Across our range, Urinary Support is for short-term use only, and the blends containing liquorice root carry their own limit. Feverfew, motherwort, raspberry leaf and barberry all appear somewhere in the fifteen and carry pregnancy cautions. Guidance is on every tin, and our Medical Herbalists work with pregnant and breastfeeding clients regularly — you can book a consultation.