Tea Nerdery

Can a tea help with post-natal depression and anxiety?

This lactation brownie recipe can help support your milk supply, and is perfect with a cup of Milk's Up breastfeeding tea!

Cara, founder of the Sleep Method, shares her expert advice on how to help your newborn sleep.  Priceless advice!

On a hot sunny day, the best way to enjoy our teas is iced.  And it's so easy to do, here are the perfect iced tea instructions...

Iced tea mocktail recipes to help keep you cool in the summer heat.

From hypnobirthing to raspberry lef tea, this blog spells out what you can do to prepare for labour and a positive birth.

During lockdown, we've asked some of our favourite expert mums to put together some advice for yo...

Louise Murray, from www.livewellwithlou.com, gives her expert advice on how to use micro self care during lockdown.  It can be as simple as having a cup of tea, focussing on your breathing, and immediately feeling more positive and relaxed.

We're a finalist in the West Oxfordshire business awards!

White tea has been shown to be very high in catechins - also known as anti-oxidants.  But what does this really mean?  What health benefits can you get and why is it good after you've had a baby?

If you're worried about how much tea to drink when you're pregnant, it can be a mine-field to get advice online.  We've pulled the NHS guidelines to give you confidence when drinking our pregnancy teas.

How can a tea help morning sickness?  It can't gaurantee to, but there are many natural, caffeine free herbs that can ease nausea.  We have packed these in to our Morning Rescue tea blend.

If you can't drink alcohol this Christmas, we have the perfect tea-total mulled wine recipe, using our Get Up & Glow tea.

Breastfeeding is incredible, but it's also hard.  Many women suffer from low milk supply, or have concerns about how to ensure they are producing enough milk for their babies.  Natural herbs, known as galactagogues, can help support women.  Our Milk's Up tea is full of them, and this is why and how we chose them.

Our Morning Rescue Tea won a bronze award for best morning sickness product in the Bizzie Baby Awards.  And here's why it can help nausea in pregnancy...

Get Up & Glow tea uses grapes as it's base, you get a natural sugar lift, as well as a huge number of vitamins and antioxidants.  It's a healthy alternative to caffeine, suitable for pregnancy and breasfeeding.

We couldn't be more excited to be featured in Gurgle Magazine!  Given that they're a baby magazine for modern mums, they're right up our street - our teas are for modern mums too.

This guest blog is from the lovely Emma at Isabella and Us.  She went through post-natal depression, and shares her story here.

You may have seen in the press that many of the tea brands you find in the supermarket, have plastic in their tea.  We're proud to say that our tea bags are 100% plastic free, and are made from biodegradable cornstarch.  Pop them in your food bin to help the planet!

The amazing @mummynutrition has written this post for us, to give the best advice on self care and nutrition in motherhood.  Tea is only a part of what you need!

Here are 10 top tips on improving your fertility from Laura of The Pregnancy Food Company

Our Night Owl tea blend is blended using herbal ingredients that are all natural muscle relaxants.  They are caffeine free and safe for pregnancy and if you're breastfeeding.  Learn more about the research showing that chamomile, lavender, valerian root, rooibos and lime flowers can help you sleep.

You may read online that you can drink Raspberry Leaf tea to bring on labour if you're over due.  This is unfortunately not proven to be true at all, but there are some research studies that show that if you drink it from 32 weeks on, you can statistically have a shorter second stage of labour, and less interventions during birth.

We are Bethan and Kate.

We met at university, and went through some pretty major life changes together.  Swapping cocktails for bottles, and handbags for changing bags will definitely bond you together!

Kate had the idea for HotTea Mama, and Bethan had the tea knowledge having been a tea blender for over 12 years.  So we have made a range of teas to help women through pregnancy, breastfeeding, motherhood and beyond.