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Last Updated: Jan. 18, 2017 

↑About Herbal Tea

Flowers and citrus peel steeping as a dark brown herbal tea in a white cupChinese Herbal Tea Blend, Flowers and Citrus Peel, Crop of photo © Antonio Foncubierta, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Herbal tea, also called herb tea or a tisane, or less commonly, an herbal infusion, is a drink made by infusing the parts of a plant with water, usually hot water. Herbal teas are extremely diverse (arguably more so than proper tea) as they encompass any infusions that do not contain the tea plant (Camelia sinensis). Blends containing the tea plant together with other plants are classified as flavored teas.

Some of the most popular ingredients in herbal teas include mint and chamomile. Both of these herbs are frequently consumed as teas on their own, or blended into herbal tea blends. Fruit and spices are also common ingredients in herbal teas.

Rooibos and honeybush are two plants that, while they do not contain caffeine, are often compared to the tea plant, and which have generated traditions paralleling that of tea drinking.

Caffeine

Most herbal teas are caffeine free, although there are a few plants other than the tea plant which contain caffeine, including yerba maté and the yaupon holly. Cocoa, an occasional ingredient in herbal teas, also contains small amounts of caffeine. A more comprehensive discussion of this topic can be found on our page on herbal teas containing caffeine.

Wellness & medicinal teas

Some herbal teas are used primarily for medicinal purposes; RateTea classifies these as wellness teas and reserves this category for teas that are viewed primarily as a beverage--although many do have health benefits and other health effects.

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Overall, this is one of Bigelow's best herbal teas. Explicitly blackberry-flavored teas seem rare, yet around these parts and much of North America, it is a common, wild-growing bush, and I've seen the leaves listed as ingredients in a lot of herbal teas with other flavors featured. I also love eating the fruit, as w...

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30 / 100

Lemon Herbal from Harney and Sons

Style: Lemongrass – Region: ?????
Oct. 15th, 2026

Lemongrass with added lemon flavoring. Very mild. Not an interesting tisane imo.

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67 / 100
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As rooibos teas go, it took me a few cups to adjust to the initially somewhat disjointed flavors at work here: fruit-berry and rooibos. The aroma, and to lesser extent taste, both were rooibos-dominant; that unmistakable broom-straw flavor of rooibos took charge hard for awhile. For folks who love rooibos a lot (I t...

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67 / 100
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Lemon Ginger Herbal Tea from Stash Tea

Style: Herbal Tea – Region: ?????
Sep. 10th, 2026

Here was another hotel/motel tea from my spring to early summer travels, now just getting around to trying and reviewing. Not being a big fan of either lemon or ginger, I nonetheless found this tea to be a great balance between them.

The dry aroma was one of the most pronounced I've sniffed in an herbal tea that ...

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90 / 100
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Citrus Berry Herbal Tea from Trader Joe's

Style: Fruit (Herbal) Tea – Region: Blend
Aug. 31st, 2026

Too bad Citrus Berry is advertised as "LIMITED TIME" on its Trader Joe's web page, because this is a keeper. This tea is powerful and unpretentious, and that's how I like 'em. I might have to grab a few more boxes next time I go. It's hard to beat the value too, at only a little over a dime a bag.

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True Blueberry® Herbal Tea

Brand:Celestial Seasonings
Style:Fruit (Herbal) Tea
Region:?????
Caffeine:Caffeine Free
Leaf:Teabag
26
16 Ratings
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Passion Filterbag

Brand:Tazo Tea
Style:Herbal Tea
Region:Blend
Caffeine:Caffeine Free
Leaf:Sachet
16
16 Ratings
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Black Cherry Berry Herb Tea

Brand:Celestial Seasonings
Style:Fruit (Herbal) Tea
Region:Blend
Caffeine:Caffeine Free
Leaf:Teabag
70
15 Ratings
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Sleepytime Herbal Tea

Brand:Celestial Seasonings
Style:Chamomile Blend
Region:Blend
Caffeine:Caffeine Free
Leaf:Teabag
53
14 Ratings
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Raspberry Zinger Herbal Tea

Brand:Celestial Seasonings
Style:Fruit (Herbal) Tea
Region:?????
Caffeine:Caffeine Free
Leaf:Teabag
72
14 Ratings

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Chamomile Lemon (Sweet Meadows)

Brand:Numi Organic Tea
Style:Chamomile Blend
Region:Blend
Caffeine:Caffeine Free
Leaf:Teabag
99
3 Ratings
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Magic Summer Organic Tea

Brand:Organic Herbie
Style:Fruit Rooibos
Region:Blend
Caffeine:Caffeine Free
Leaf:Loose
99
5 Ratings
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Chamomile (Sachet)

Brand:Harney and Sons
Style:Pure Chamomile Tea
Region:Egypt
Caffeine:Caffeine Free
Leaf:Sachet
98
3 Ratings
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Pineapple Kona Pop Herbal Tea

Brand:Teavana
Style:Herbal Tea
Region:Blend
Caffeine:Caffeinated
Leaf:Loose
95
4 Ratings
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Holy Basil, Rama (Tulsi)

Brand:Mountain Rose Herbs
Style:Tulsi / Holy Basil
Region:United States of America
Caffeine:Caffeine Free
Leaf:Loose
91
4 Ratings

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