Singer's tea (5+ cups)

The singer's tradition. The pre-performance cup of the vocal world.

Full ingredient list. Every herb named, nothing hidden.

5+ cups per packet. A week of warm-ups.

• Ingredients: wild cherry bark, licorice root, slippery elm, fennel seed, sweet orange, cassia chips; blended in the USA
• Yield: 5 or more cups per packet, loose leaf
• Caution: contains licorice root, which in regular or large amounts can affect blood pressure and potassium; if you are pregnant, nursing, or managing blood pressure or kidney conditions, check with your doctor before making it a habit
• A comforting traditional beverage, not a medicine, and no substitute for one
• SKU: LTTHRM

Singers have kept throat blends like this one in the dressing room for generations: slippery elm and licorice are the vocal world's two most traditional comforts, wild cherry bark the old apothecary's smoothing note, fennel and sweet orange and cassia rounding the cup into something genuinely pleasant to drink. The tradition is comfort, warmth, and ritual before the work, the cup that marks the transition from ordinary talking to performance, and we frame it exactly that way: a lovely traditional beverage with an honest label, not a treatment for anything. It suits performers, teachers, preachers, podcast hosts, and the household's designated storyteller. The tea heals no voice on its own, as we say plainly across the shelf; it warms the throat's oldest pre-show custom, and the singing stays the singer's.

1. Use 1 teaspoon per 8 oz of water; steep 5 to 7 minutes and strain.
2. For a full pot of 5+ cups, use 3 to 4 teaspoons and steep 8 to 10 minutes.
3. Sweeten with honey if you like; the tradition approves.
4. Enjoy in moderation, noting the licorice caution above.

• Scented Incense Matches: the dressing room's other small ritual.
• Silvertone Anklet with Bells: for the performers who move.
• Sanctuary Perfume Oil by EE: the calm register before the show.

What is in Singer's tea?

Wild cherry bark, licorice root, slippery elm, fennel seed, sweet orange, and cassia chips: the full list, always visible.

Is it safe for everyone?

It contains licorice root, which in regular or large amounts can affect blood pressure and potassium: if you are pregnant, nursing, or managing blood pressure or kidney conditions, check with your doctor first. It is a beverage, not a medicine.

When do singers drink it?

Traditionally before the work: the warm cup that marks the shift from talking to performing.