Ayurvedic Nirvana was crafted with herbs known for their calming and relaxing properties. Perfect for evening relaxation or a quick break from the stress of everyday life.

All about Ayurvedic Nirvana, Herbal Tea

What it’s like, and how to make it

CaffeineCaffeine free
What’s in itlinden flowers, chamomile, fennel, cardamom, hibiscus, licorice, black pepper
How to brew it
  • 212°F / 100°C
  • Steep 5–7 minutes COVERED
  • Use 1–2 tsp per 8oz
  • Covering traps the volatile oils that carry most of the flavour

Beyond the cup

Your evening wind-down in a cup. Chamomile and linden calm the mind through two different pathways while fennel settles the stress-stomach. Traditionally used for anxiety, racing thoughts, and the tension that sits in your gut. This is where Ayurvedic and European herbal traditions meet — the formula addresses both the mental and physical sides of stress. Brew 7–10 minutes, covered.

  • Ayurvedic Nirvana loose leaf tea, shown over a chalk-and-watercolour illustration
  • Illustration: Ayurvedic Nirvana with Combray, the French country town of Proust's novel, on a Sunday morning in the 1880s
  • Illustration of Ayurvedic Nirvana in The Tea & Spice Shoppe pouch, with Combray, the French country town of Proust's novel, on a Sunday morning in the 1880s
  • Ayurvedic Nirvana - The Tea & Spice Shoppe
  • Ayurvedic Nirvana - The Tea & Spice Shoppe

What’s in it

Every herb in the blend, and where to read about it on its own.

  • Herb · Caffeine-free

    Chamomile

    Matricaria chamomilla

    The world's most beloved bedtime tea and one of the oldest herbal remedies in continuous use. Ancient Egyptians dedicated it to the sun god Ra. Its gentle, apple-like flavor hides a surprisingly specific mechanism: apigenin binds GABA-A benzodiazepine receptors, creating mild anxiolytic effects supported by...

    Sweet, floral, apple-like, honey finish

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  • Herb · Caffeine-free

    Hibiscus

    Hibiscus sabdariffa

    The tart red one, and the ingredient whose colour is the point: those anthocyanins make a cup that is genuinely ruby, not brown. Hibiscus has been studied more than almost any other herbal infusion, and unusually the studies used the tea itself rather than an...

    Tart, cranberry-like, fruity, deeply colored

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  • Herb · Caffeine-free

    Licorice Root

    Glycyrrhiza glabra

    Naturally about fifty times sweeter than sugar, licorice root is the harmoniser — it makes other herbs taste better while adding a deep, warm, anise-like sweetness of its own. It is one of the most used herbs in both Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda. It...

    Intensely sweet, warm, slightly earthy, anise-like

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  • Herb · Caffeine-free

    Linden Flowers

    Tilia europaea

    The anxiolytic flower with preclinical evidence but zero human clinical trials. Linden's tiliroside and quercetin glycosides provide anxiolytic effects through GABA-A modulation — dose-dependent effects comparable to diazepam in mice. In German tradition, 'Lindenblutentee' (linden blossom tea) is one of the most popular calming tisanes....

    Honey-sweet, floral, mild, delicate, slightly mucilaginous

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  • Herb · Caffeine-free

    Fennel

    Foeniculum vulgare

    A sweet, anise-scented seed — the anethole in it is the same compound that makes anise and star anise taste the way they do, though the three plants are unrelated. Fennel is the sausage seed and the after-dinner seed at once: nineteen products here carry...

    Sweet, anise-like, green and warm; toasted seeds pop and deepen

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  • Spice · Caffeine-free

    Cardamom

    Elettaria cardamomum

    Green pods holding small black seeds, from a ginger-family plant of the Western Ghats — floral, resinous and eucalyptus-cool, quite unlike anything else in the cupboard. It is the third most expensive spice in the world after saffron and vanilla, which is why it is...

    Floral, resinous, eucalyptus-cool and sweet-warm; the main volatiles are terpinyl acetate and eucalyptol

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  • Spice · Caffeine-free

    Black Pepper

    Piper nigrum

    The dried unripe berry of a climbing vine — the mill on every table, and the most travelled object in any kitchen. Black, white and green pepper are all the same berry, picked at different moments and treated differently: black is picked unripe and dried...

    Warm, woody, resinous and sharp; the bite is piperine, roughly a hundredth as potent as capsaicin

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Good for

When you can't calm down

  • Chamomile and linden, traditionally used in herbal medicine to help relieve restlessness and nervousness
  • Traditionally used to help relieve digestive upset brought on by stress
  • Soft, floral and naturally caffeine-free
  • The cup for the end of a loud day

These teas are foods, sold as such. Nothing on this page is intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

What it goes with

Complete the calm. Steep one of our Cinnamon Sticks alongside — cinnamon steadies blood sugar, and the crashes that mimic anxiety symptoms. Our Lavender Flower adds a third calming pathway (physical relaxation) that the blend doesn't cover on its own.

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