Lavender and Chamomile with Warm Milk and Honey
Lavender and chamomile steeped together, then topped with warm milk, honey and a pinch of cinnamon: floral, creamy and caffeine-free, for the end of the day.
Lavender and chamomile are two of the flowers most often steeped together at the end of the day, and warm milk turns them into something closer to a bedtime drink than a tea. This one is built for the last hour before bed.
Lavender brings linalool and linalyl acetate, the same aromatic compounds behind its perfume; chamomile adds its apple-like, hay-sweet note. Neither has caffeine — lavender sits at level 0 in our scale — which is the practical reason both end up in evening cups.
Warm milk (dairy or oat) gives the cup body and softens the floral edge: too much lavender reads soapy, and milk is the easiest fix. The honey rounds out any herbal sharpness with a plain, comforting sweetness.
Make it the last thing you prepare in the kitchen: brew, warm the milk, sip slowly. The aroma does most of the work of marking the end of the day.
Ingredients
- 1 lavender tea bag or 1 tsp dried culinary lavender
- 1 chamomile tea bag
- 1/2 cup hot water
- 1/2 cup warm milk (dairy or oat)
- 1 tbsp honey
- Pinch of ground cinnamon (optional)
How to make it
- 1Steep lavender and chamomile together in hot water for 5 minutes. Remove bags or strain.
- 2Warm the milk gently (do not boil). Pour into the tea.
- 3Stir in honey until dissolved. Add a pinch of cinnamon if desired.
- 4Serve warm in your favorite mug. Sip slowly before bed.
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