Do you know how cold the UK can get on a winter’s night? Let’s give you a clue, COLD!
Between last December and January, the lowest temperatures in the country dropped to as low as 12.5°C! If that was the winter of 2023- 2024, who knows how cold 2024-2025 will be?
With the rise in energy bills and cold chilly British winters, there’s several things you can do to keep you warm on a winter’s night. One of the best winter evening activities is getting cosy with herbal tea. Which by the way, offer more benefits than just a quick hot hand holder, certain herbs can help raise your core body temperature and provide you with many health benefits this winter.
Learn about the best herbal teas that provide added warmth and nourishment to get through a winter’s night.
5 Herbal teas to get cosy on a winter’s night
Just before, we mentioned the secret to a warming winter tea is the ingredients in the blend itself. Here are 5 of our favourite herbal teas and why they make a greater companion to keep you snug on a winter’s night:
1.Turmeric & Cinnamon
Our flagship tea, Turmeric & Cinnamon, is flavourful, a fantastic winter warmer and full of health benefits. One of the main compounds in cinnamon is cinnamaldehyde, which is known to have a warming sensation that allows you to feel warmer for longer upon consumption.
Whereas turmeric supports your immune health- a crucial aid against all of the winter pathogens around! It also helps with your joint and bone health, reducing your risk of feeling less stiff on a winter morning. Together Turmeric & Cinnamon encourage the stimulation of blood flow, allowing your body to feel warmer from the inside out.
2. NutraRelax
One tea we LOVE in wintertime is NutraRelax. Partly because NutraRelax is a great bedtime caffeine free winter herbal tea that provides additional support to help you drift off to sleep. This tea contains liquorice, viburnum and cinnamon which supports the health of your upper respiratory tract and airways, helping you breathe easily.
Whereas chamomile and lemon balm in the blend, allows you to feel more relaxed on a winter’s night after a long day at work. Alongside Chamomile, Lemon Balm and Hawthorn Berry slowly induces sleep onset and allows you to have a steady sleep, helping support metabolic activity making you feel warmer for longer in winter.
3. Lemongrass & Ginger
Uplift your tastebuds with our Lemongrass & Ginger flagship tea. Caffeine free packing a citrusy punch it’s a refreshing herbal tea to have amongst heavy winter food. In addition to its flavour, lemongrass is high in antioxidants which can help fight oxidative stress in your body and serves as a further boost to your immune system, helping it fight off colds and flu symptoms.
Moreover the warming nature of lemongrass can give you comfort on an winter evening soothing a sore throat or providing relief to coughs. Whereas ginger is high in antioxidants helping ease winter digestion and allows you to feel more energised in this sluggish season. Lemongrass & Ginger is a herbal tea that can help you feel warmer mentally and physically in the coldest of temperatures.
4. NutraHead
For further support to relax on a winter’s evening, NutraHead can be an excellent tea to drink under a cosy blanket and in front of the TV. One of the main herbs in NutraHead is lavender and peppermint, which are soothing and have a refreshing menthol aroma that can open up your airways, helping provide relief from winter respiratory symptoms. It also contains rhodiola, feverfew and ginger, which aid blood circulation, regulate your temperature and keep you warm in the winter.
5. Pine Needle & Rosehip
Finally, one sweet and earthy tea is Pine Needle & Rosehip, which is perfect for the winter months. Pine Needle provides additional warmth on chilly winter evenings and is packed with vitamin C. In addition to vitamin C, pine needles have mild decongestant effects, helping clear your nose and breathe more freely, being a great immunity booster against colds and flu. Whereas Rosehip is high in antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties, helping your body fight stress and infections that arise from the cold weather.
Additional winter evening activities to keep you cosy
In addition to drinking cosy herbal teas, there are a few more activities you can do to help you keep warm and snug this winter, such as:
- Drink other warming drinks like hot chocolate and mulled wine
- Layer up with extra clothes and blankets
- Have warm comfort foods like soups, broths and roasts
- Put the fire on
- Read or play board games
Wrapping up herbal teas for a winter’s night
Overall, when it comes to staying warm and snug on a winter’s night, one of the best ways to do so is drinking herbal teas. When looking for the right herbal tea try to select one that’s low in caffeine or contains none!
The last thing you will want is being kept awake at night. It’s crucial to have a good sleep during winter as you’ll feel more energised and warmer too.
In addition to drinking herbal teas, layering up, eating healthy and warm foods, even putting the fire on can go a long way to making you feel cosy this season. If you’re wanting to know more about herbal teas, see our favourites for cold weather.
