A Tea Blend for the Autumnal Equinox

Wednesday March 3, 2021

I’ve recently made up a tea blend inspired by the Autumnal Equinox, and I’m LOVING it! For anyone else who’s equally obsessed with tea, here’s the recipe..

A loose tea blend with autumnal spices

This spicy rosehip black tea captures both sides to this time of year: as the tail end of bunuru, it’s often still warm and summery, but it’s also solidly in the Vivaldi/‘traditional’ autumn.

Ingredients:

4 parts Ceylon black tea
2 parts rosehip
2 parts cinnamon pieces
1 part rose petals
½-1 part clove buds

These measurements are by volume: If you use ¼ teaspoon as one ‘part’, it’ll make enough for two cups of tea.

Depending on the weather, this tea tastes great either hot or cold. Add a little honey to sweeten it up, or it would be great with a little milk (dairy, nut, or oat milk would go great).

For any Aussies who’d like to try this, I also sell a pre-made version of this Autumnal tea via Nyx Apothecary.