Sweet Dreams, Organic

Sweet Dreams is a blend of herbal ingredients that help bring calm and relaxation like valerian root, chamomile, lemon balm, and lavender.

All about Sweet Dreams, Organic — Herbal Tea

What it’s like, and how to make it

CaffeineCaffeine free

What’s in itvalerian root, chamomile, lemon balm, passionflower, lavender

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

The full-spectrum sleep blend. Five herbs, four different calming mechanisms, one seriously good night's rest. Passionflower works from the first night while valerian builds deeper sleep over 2–4 weeks — the combination covers both quick relief and long-term improvement. Earthy and floral with a lemony lift from the lemon balm. Steep covered for 10–15 minutes to get the full valerian extraction.

Sweet Dreams, Organic loose leaf tea, shown over a chalk-and-watercolour illustration

Illustration: Sweet Dreams, Organic with a cottage garden in the Derbyshire hills on a moonlit night in the early 1900s

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

Passionflower
Passiflora incarnata
The fast-acting calming herb. Unlike valerian (which needs 2–4 weeks to build), passionflower works from the first cup — it increases synaptic GABA concentration through reuptake inhibition and contributes its own endogenous GABA. Critically, passionflower tea was tested directly in an RCT and demonstrated significant...
Mild, slightly grassy, earthy, gentle — blends easily with other herbs
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Herb · Caffeine-free

Lemon Balm
Melissa officinalis
The herb with the highest rosmarinic acid concentration among all Lamiaceae — and rosmarinic acid extracts brilliantly into water. This means lemon balm tea delivers genuinely pharmacological doses of a compound that inhibits GABA-transaminase (prolonging calming GABA activity) and inhibits acetylcholinesterase (supporting cognitive function). It's...
Bright lemon, gentle, slightly minty, refreshing, light
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Herb · Caffeine-free

Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia
Lavender's linalool is an extraordinarily potent GABA modulator — at IC50 of ~37 nM in synaptosomes, it's comparable to pharmaceutical calcium channel blockers. Standardized lavender oil capsules demonstrated anxiolytic efficacy equivalent to paroxetine (an SSRI) and lorazepam (a benzodiazepine) in clinical trials. The catch for...
Floral, slightly sweet, herbaceous, perfumed, distinctive
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Valerian Root
Valeriana officinalis
The heavy-hitter sleep herb with the most complex pharmacology in the collection. Valerenic acid acts as a beta-2/beta-3 subunit-selective GABA-A positive allosteric modulator — a mechanism distinct from benzodiazepines and from chamomile's apigenin. It also demonstrates 5-HT5a partial agonism targeting the suprachiasmatic nucleus for circadian...
Earthy, pungent, musty, strong — often blended with better-tasting herbs
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Good for

When you can't sleep

Traditionally used in herbal medicine as a sleep aid — chamomile, lemon balm and passionflower together
Traditionally used to help relieve restlessness at bedtime
Soft, honeyed and naturally caffeine-free
Our most-bought bedtime blend, steeped covered for seven minutes

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

This blend covers the brain — add a Cinnamon Stick to cover the body. Cinnamon steadies blood sugar through the night, which means fewer wake-ups. Our Nutmeg Ground (just a pinch) adds a fifth calming pathway the blend doesn't touch.

Nutmeg

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Lavender Flower - Organic

Lavender Flower - Organic

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Where it takes you

Lights OutOne whiff and the day is over.

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