FIELD NOTES
The tea I drink.
One blend for morning. One for evening. One for night.
The same red cup.
“Morning tea blend.” “Mid day tea.” “Night tea to finish the day.” That was how I captioned these three cups in September 2025. Same kitchen, same red cup. Three parts of the day.
Still making tea.
In January 2026, I posted the jars and the press. A month later, a cup outside: “Herbal tea maxxing - about 6 months now.” I was still doing it.
I also managed to post the same video about five times with different headlines. My fault if you saw all of them. Trial reels were doing their thing. In that story I explained the blends: one for morning, one for evening, one for night, with five or six loose-leaf teas in each.
The bags behind the cup.
I kept the bags too. Tulsi, hibiscus, rooibos, lavender—there were quite a few out on the counter. In the saved post I called them “The teas and herbs I drink thru out the day”.
The red-cup posts show the pours. This photo shows what I had around them.
About this photograph
The caption is visible in the original Snapchat image. September 24, 2025 is the filename day, not a verified capture or publication timestamp. The photograph records an assortment; it does not establish quantities, daily use of every ingredient or health results. This introduction is newly edited from the saved post.
The notes I have.
I have some ingredient names saved, but not the amounts or enough preparation detail to give you a recipe. I’m keeping the notes here instead of guessing. Herbal products can interact with medicines; what I drink is not automatically suitable for everyone.
For background on herbal products and interactions, read NCCIH’s guidance on using supplements.
Keep following the thread.
A DETAIL FROM SNAPCHAT / SEPTEMBER 2025
What was in the morning blend?
Tulsi, nettle, rooibos, hibiscus and ginger/turmeric. Those are the names under “Morning Blend” in my September 2025 note. I crossed out most of the screenshot and pointed to that list: “tea blend for AM”.
The January entry describes blends for morning, evening and night; the February entry looks back on about six months of herbal tea. The ingredients may have changed between those posts. I’m not treating them as one fixed recipe.
The screenshot filename is September 24, 2025. That dates the saved file; the exact capture or publication time is still unknown.