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Can’t Sleep? Try Sipping On One Of These Calming Teas

The nightcap you didn’t know you needed.

by Natalia Lusinski
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Sakara Sleep Tea, which contains key calming ingredients like valerian, passionflower, and catnip (yes — catnip!), will help you doze off in no time. Just steep for three to five minutes and sip at bedtime.

Do Not Disturb by Apothékary contains sleep-inducing, and stress-reducing herbs, like holy basil, rose, and mucuna, along with natural sweeteners, like cinnamon, lucuma, and coconut cream powder. It’ll not only help you relax, but also get a good night’s sleep. (Edible flowers optional.)

For a non-alcoholic nightcap, you can try Clevr’s Sleepytime Superlatte. With carob, chicory, vanilla, oat milk, coconut cream, and adaptogens, sleep herbs, and amino acids, you’ll drift off to sleep in no time.

You may be familiar with MUD\WTR’s mushroom coffee, but they also make MUD\WTR: rest. It’s a caffeine-free blend of soothing ingredients, including rooibos chai, turmeric, cinnamon, and functional adaptogens and herbs, like ashwagandha, reishi, and valerian root. (Culinary lavender optional.)

Tulsi Cinnamon Tea by Agni is as delicious as it sounds. With adaptogenic herbs (like ashwagandha, shatavari, and tulsi), it aims to sync up your natural circadian rhythm, no matter what time of day you drink it. Try adding milk and honey for even more flavor.

Dream: Third Eye Tonic Tea by Anima Mundi is as pretty as it is restful. With key ingredients, such as blue lotus, kava kava, and ashwagandha, it’ll have you off in dreamland in no time.

Hemp Moringa – Deep Sleep Wellness Blend by Harney & Sons has intense hemp and moringa flavors. It also contains holy basil, bold turmeric, goji berries, coconut, and nutmeg, all of which will help relax for the a better night’s sleep.

Sleepytime tea by Celestial Seasonings may be the most renowned bedtime tea out there. It’s been around for more than 40 years and has a blend of chamomile, herbs, spearmint, and lemongrass to help you get your zzz’s on.