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. 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 and Grow Your Own Herbal Remedies. 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. Tags: DIYgift ideasteaherbsdrinks You Might Also Like... Warm Apple Tea Exotic Iced Teas Ginger Thermos Tea