Skip store-bought tea and make these delicious floral blends instead

If you’re one to enjoy a cup of tea at least once a day, you need to try making the blends yourself. It takes less than five minutes and will be ready before the waters even finished boiling. Keep all the ingredients in your pantry and mix them together pending the flavour combination you feel like. Thats the best part of doing it yourself – you can have a new flavour for every cuppa!

3 homemade tea blends to add to your rotation

(Photography: Tim Roberts | Styling: Michele Cranston | Recipes: Janelle Bloom)

Make this bright and tangy floral tea at home

Store-bought tea has nothing on this homemade recipe! Hibiscus tea has a beautiful ruby-red colour and naturally tangy flavour. It’s a refreshing way to brighten up your tea routine. Steep the blend in hot water, sweeten to taste and enjoy a deliciously fragrant cup.

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The homemade tea blend to help you unwind

Skip store-bought tea and make this calming blend instead. This soothing homemade chamomile tea mix is simple to prepare and perfect for those moments when you want to slow down, relax and enjoy a little quiet time. Simply steep the blend in hot water, sweeten to taste and sip your way to a more peaceful moment.

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Brew yourself a homemade lavender and rose tea

Skip store-bought tea and make this beautifully fragrant floral blend instead. Combining delicate rose petals with soothing lavender, this homemade tea is perfect for slowing down and enjoying a peaceful moment. Simply steep, sweeten to taste and sip your way to a little everyday luxury.

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3 cosy recipes to pair with your tea

pear and chocolate loaf cake with pear and hazelnut indented on top and slice cut out to show cross section — (Photography: Tim Roberts, Styling: Michele Cranston)

Make this pear and chocolate loaf cake for a cosy afternoon tea

Serving a cuppa to your guests? A loaf cake is the perfect accompaniment to a hot mug of tea. This pear and chocolate loaf cake is the ideal mix of decadent and fruity. Add hazelnut meal and extra hazelnuts throughout the batter for a nutty finish.

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Passionfruit and jasmine tea syrup cake

There’s no better pairing to your afternoon tea than this passionfruit and jasmine syrup cake. With a delicious, fruity sweetness from the passionfruit and floral fragrant flavours of jasmine, it’s sure to have you and your guests coming back for more.

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This nutty, buttery walnut shortbread is perfect for afternoon tea

Full of nutty, buttery goodness, this walnut shortbread is a perfect treat that combines the rich flavours of walnuts and a hint of cloves. This recipe features a crumbly texture that melts in your mouth, making it perfect for afternoon tea.

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After completing her Journalism degree at UTS, Jade has worked across radio, print, and broadcast, most recently at Paramount, where she created content for her favourite TV shows, including MasterChef and Australian Survivor. Now she blends her love of food, interiors and the outdoors into stories, and she's behind the videos on BHG's Instagram and TikTok. When the workday ends, you’ll find her cooking with her husband, caring for her growing collection of plants, getting lost in a good book, or writing her own.