Artificial Food Coloring Free Chamomile, Peppermint & Ginger Tea
There is something deeply soothing about a cup of tea made entirely from real, whole ingredients — no dye-tinted tea bags, no artificially colored blends, just clean botanicals doing their thing. This blend layers the floral calm of chamomile with the bright, cooling lift of fresh peppermint and the gentle warmth of simmered ginger, finishing with a whisper of vanilla powder and a touch of honey. The result is a pale, golden brew that gets every bit of its color from nature — that soft yellow hue comes straight from the ginger and chamomile themselves. For anyone navigating synthetic dye concerns, store-bought herbal teas can be surprisingly tricky, with flavored blends and colorful packaging sometimes masking added ingredients you didn't ask for. Making it from scratch with dried flowers, fresh leaves, and a single piece of sliced ginger puts you fully in control of what goes into the cup. It comes together in under fifteen minutes and feels genuinely restorative — the kind of thing you'll want to make on a slow morning or wind-down evening.
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2 servings
- 2 cups water
- 2 tbsp dried chamomile flowers
- ½ cup fresh peppermint leaves, loosely packed
- 1-inch piece fresh ginger, thinly sliced
- ¼ tsp vanilla powder
- 1–2 tsp honey, to taste
Instructions
- 1
Combine the water and sliced ginger in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a gentle simmer, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes, until the water is lightly fragrant and tinged pale yellow.
- 2
Remove the saucepan from the heat. Add the dried chamomile flowers and fresh peppermint leaves. Stir once to submerge, then steep for 5 minutes.
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