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Get Up & Glow- When you need a boost but caffeine is off the menu, this zingy fruit tea helps you get up & glow. Bursting with tropical flavours, it will have you energised and glowing in no time.
We only use whole leaf, natural ingredients to ensure that you get the full flavour and goodness in every cup.
Night Owl – when it’s time to wind down but your mind won’t switch off, this soothing herbal tea helps you relax into a restful night. With soft floral notes and a calming aroma, it’s the perfect evening ritual to help you drift off gently, whether you’re pregnant or navigating early motherhood.
Promoting deep calm – crafted with chamomile, lavender and limeflower, this blend works to relax both body and mind. Naturally caffeine-free, it supports a more peaceful bedtime routine, helping you ease into deeper, more restorative sleep.
MIlk's Up Breastfeeding Support Tea - a herbal blend designed to naturally support mothers whilst breastfeeding.
All of its ingredients are 100% organic and natural - fennel, nettle, fenugreek seeds, lemon verbena and aniseed. These are herbs which have been used for millennia to support lactation, but they also taste delicious.
Get Up & Glow - perfectly balanced sweetness and tartness
Hibiscus Flowers - give this infusion its bright red colour, and tart sweetness that will wake up your palate.
Rosehips - have a unique sweet, fruity and deliciously tangy flavour, with warm butterscotch and vanilla notes
Grapes - balance the tart flavour with sweetness, to enhance the tropical flavours of the natural botanicals.
We don’t recommend adding milk or sugar, but follow your cravings and personal taste.
Night Owl
A delicate balanced blend, with the lightness of chamomile and lavender undertones.
Valerian Root - carefully blended to include enough Valerian Root to help to relax you, but not have too overtly ‘woody’ a taste.
Lavender - a delicate floral note of lavender lifts the blend.
Lime flowers - Also known as linden flowers, Lime Flowers have been used for centuries to treat anxiety, and sleep disorders. They give this blend a sweet aroma which pairs perfectly with its chamomile base.
Chamomile - brings a soothing, mellow floral note to the blend
Rooibos - high in antioxidants, and adds a touch of Seville Orange sweetness
Milk's Up
Fenugreek: Linked in small scale studies to increasing the volume of milk supply and the fat content of breast milk in lactating mothers
Fennel: research has shown that fennel can help to support a healthy milk supply
Aniseed: Used for millennia as a natural support to milk supply. It is also a source of iron, magnesium, potassium and calcium
Nettle: Anecdotal evidence for hundreds of years suggests that nettle can support milk supply, and help to naturally boost your immune system
Get Up & Glow
How is this a good alternative to caffeine?
Like the fresh fruits that they’re made from, the fruit in our Get Up and Glow blend have lots of health benefits. They contain a variety of minerals, vitamins and antioxidants. The grapes, hibiscus flowers and rosehip peels, all contain vitamin C which will help your immune system and help to protect you picking up colds – horrific in pregnancy.
The natural, low levels of sugar that naturally occur in the fruit infusion will also give you a pick up when you need it, without flooding your system with sugar.
It’ll have you revitalised, refreshed and ready to get up and glow whether you’re pregnant, or a hard working mum.
Is hibiscus safe in pregnancy?
The short answer is yes - the NHS has no issues with hibiscus in pregnancy, but recommends not drinking more than 3 cups a day.
Google might terrify you and say that it's dangerous. But this is based on an animal study, where mice were given a huge quantity and had problems. This sounds scary, but bear in mind - the mice are given 1g of hibiscus per kg weight. This is the equivalent of a woman weighing 60kg eating 60g of hibiscus a day. One of our Get Up & Glow tea bags weighs 2.5g and has 10% hibiscus in (0.25g). You will only get around 60% of the polyphenols in the tea bag in an infusion, so per bag, 0.15g max is extracted. You'd therefore need to drink 400,000 cups a day to have the same dose and risk a similar effect (even if our bodies are different).
Study summary here: https://www.contraceptionjournal.org/article/0010-7824(86)90061-2/fulltext. So providing you don’t reach this level of hibiscus in your diet, you can definitely continue to enjoy the tea.
Night Owl
Can I drink this blend whilst breastfeeding?
All of the ingredients in Night Owl have been carefully balanced for breastfeeding.
We recommend limiting yourself to no more than 3 cups of one type of herbal tea a day.
You can try having a cup of Night Owl one hour before the final feed of the day - it's calming benefits should pass on to your baby through your milk, and hopefully make bed time a little easier!
Milk's Up tea
How many cups should I have a day?
We recommend having up to 3-4 cups a day. Combine this with pumping to establish your milk supply. NHS guidelines recommend a maximum 4 cups of any one herbal tea a day. *The impact of natural herbs will vary person to person.
Why are these herbs used to support my milk flow?
Fenugreek, fennel, aniseed, and even oats, are all galactagogues, which have all been used historically to support breastfeeding. No one 100% knows why, but lab studies link an active component - diosgenin, to help breastfeeding.
What is the research behind the blend?
Whilst there is extremely limited standardised and empirical evidence into the efficacy of herbs in helping lactation and milk supply, some key herbs have been used for centuries to assist women who are struggling, especially in India and the Middle East. Fennel and Fenugreek in particular have been used by breastfeeding women for hundreds of years to increase milk supply. The seeds contain phytoestogens which mimic your female hormone, oestrogen. Nettle and anise have also been linked to helping breast milk, but the research is more limited here. Read a more in depth summary of research here.
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Each of our packs has simple instructions on it, but essentially you should use 1 tea bag per person, and freshly boiled water for all except Head Start. This tea works best with 80-degree water (let your kettle sit for 5 minutes with the lid open after boiling). Brew for 3-5 minutes depending on how strong you like it.
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Use 1 bag per 300ml of water (this is the average size of a water glass) Add freshly boiled water, as if you were making a normal cuppa. Place the glass, with the tea bag still in, in your fridge to cool. Enjoy once cool - add lots of ice and fruit if you're feeling fancy.