![]() ![]() Muddle the fruit: add cardamom to the blackberries and microwave it in 30-second increments, muddling it in-between, until it’s pureed. ![]() ![]() ![]() Then, stir in the honey and quick-chill it in the freezer. Make the tea: Boil water and add it to a large mason jar with chamomile tea bags.How to make this tea mocktail on the stove Honey: we sweeten this sleepy time tea mocktail with antioxidant-rich honey, which is shown in research to aid in weight loss.Īquafaba: we use the liquid from a can of chickpeas to give this mocktail the frothy, creamy essence that you’d find in a fancy cocktail bar. Lemon: is packed with Vitamin-C and is proven in studies to boost your immune system and help your skin glow! I like to use frozen blackberries in this recipe for a jammy flavor. Ground cardamom: this warming spice is proven to be a delicious way to lower blood pressure and calm down before bed.īlackberries: this juicy, brain-food is shown in research to add anti-inflammatory benefits to our healthy mocktail. Here’s what’s in this chamomile tea mocktail:Ĭhamomile tea: this delicious herbal tea is proven to have a ton of health benefits from better sleep to easing anxiety to boosting digestion. If you haven’t listened yet, we talk all about relieving anxiety and essential mental health hacks on my latest Healthier Together podcast episode with Dr. While I like a cup of sleepy time tea before bed, I LOVE a classy, little mocktail that’s doing all the hard work to help me sleep and assuage my anxiety (so I don’t have to). The key to getting chamomile tea to have such a potent affect is to steep multiple chamomile tea bags for at least 15 minutes covered, so it maximizes the functional benefits of the tea and the therapeutic compounds stay in the cup instead of evaporating. If you’ve ever been on prescription medicine for anxiety, those GABA receptors might sound familiar because they are the same receptors that bind to benzodiazepine and anti-anxiety drugs. It contains a chemical compound called apigenin that’s proven to bring on sleepiness and a calming affect when it binds to the GABA receptors in the brain. Scientifically speaking, chamomile tea has a sedative affect because of its chemical make-up. Plus, this mocktail recipe is just so gorgeous and has the prettiest magenta foam layer on top! You’re going to love it. Our functional mocktail series is just so versatile! We have our digestive mocktails with gut-soothing benefits, our aphrodisiac mocktail with sexy-time benefits, and now, a sleepy time mocktail designed to help you get the rest you deserve. The powerful ingredients in this blackberry chamomile tea mocktail function like medicine and are shown in studies to help both with promoting sleep directly and reducing stress and anxiety, which (obviously) cause poor sleep. And it’s up against some strong contenders, like the Ben & Jerry’s healthy remake series, the healthy Starbucks copycat series, and the How I Learned to Love My Body Series on the Healthier Together Podcast! Out of all the series we do in the Healthier Together community, the functional mocktail series is probably my favorite of them all. Drink this as the perfect homemade sleepy time tea recipe before bed or as a healthy substitute for wine as you’re winding down at the end of the day. The dreamiest, creamy blackberry chamomile tea mocktail made frothy with aquafaba, soothing with cardamom and chamomile, and naturally sweet with honey and fresh blackberries! This healthy mocktail recipe is easy to make and will help you sleep like a baby. ![]()
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