Favorite tea herbs/blends?

[Mela]

I'm new to herb growing, and I'd like to know which herbs are the best for making teas?
What herbs have you personally grown for tea-making and had success with? Failures?
I'm already planning to grow some mint, lemon balm and yarrow!

TIA for the feedback.

 

[claudine]

I like lemon balm tea, it's good to drink it in the evening because it helps to relax. The smell of it is quite nice. I also drink mint tea often, it's so refreshing

 

[ACSAPA]

I second the mint, I've been growing chocolate mint and it's great for making tea. I love the smell of lemon balm and I'm planning to buy a lemon balm plant soon. I have a ginger plant for cooking and on the advice of other posters in this forum, I made ginger tea and it's really good.

 

[ACSAPA]

I'm new to herb growing, and I'd like to know which herbs are the best for making teas?
What herbs have you personally grown for tea-making and had success with? Failures?
I'm already planning to grow some mint, lemon balm and yarrow!

TIA for the feedback.

What is yarrow? I've heard the name but I don't think I've seen a yarrow plant.
Speaking of making tea, I've seen chamomile seeds in the garden center and thought about buying them but I wonder how hard it is to grow chamomile.
I love store bought chamomile tea but things always taste better when you grow them yourself.

 

[Marck]

There are so many wonderful tisane recipes... All sorts of pleasant formulae for teas, and flavoured coffee too.

Sometimes just the simple modification of adding one ingredient can make a transilient difference.

I sometimes drop a single leaf of Lemon Vervain into a pot or cup of Black Tea. Sublime.

I prefer Lemon Vervain (Aloysia citrodora) to Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis). I find the flavour of the latter often has off-notes.

Of course, other variations on this theme would be Lemon Grass (Cymbopogon citratus, or similar) or Lemon Zest (Citrus x limon).