Prep Time: 10 minutes Number of Servings: 5 cups dried tea blend Ingredients 2 cups dried peppermint 1 cup dried lemon balm 1 cup cocoa nibs 1⁄2 cup evergreen needles (pine, fir, spruce, or hemlock) or 1⁄4 cup dried rosemary 1⁄4 cup dried rose petals 1⁄8 cup dried vanilla bean, snipped into pieces Directions Preparation Combine herbs thoroughly. Divide and store in little brown bags or glass jars with brewing directions. Brewing Steep 1 heaping teaspoon per 8 ounces of hot water for 20 minutes, then strain. Notes Use only food-grade, unsprayed, dried herbs. Share this content. facebookpinterestlinkedinredditemail Contributor Maria Noël Groves, RH (AHG) Maria Noël Groves, RH (AHG), is the best-selling, award-winning author of Body into Balance: An Herbal Guide to Holistic Self Care, Grow Your Own Herbal Remedies, and Herbal Remedies for Sleep. Maria’s a registered professional herbalist with the American Herbalists Guild and a graduate of the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine and Rosemary Gladstar’s Sage Mountain. Learn more about Maria and herbs at Wintergreen Botanicals. You Might Also Like... Warm Apple Tea Spicy Apple Tea Green Tea Kombucha with Apple Tags: DIYgift ideasteaherbsdrinks