Tub Tea Recipes From The Garden

Are you ready for an amazing DIY gift idea that you can make straight from your garden? How about tub tea recipes? Tub teas are a wonderful addition to a tub of hot water at the end of a long day! Mix up one of these tub tea recipes, and give them away as gifts {or keep them all to yourself!}. You’ll love any one of these lovely scented tub tea recipes!

What Is Tub Tea?

Tub teas are similar to bath salts or bath bombs, but with loose herbs and dried flowers included. The tub tea mixture is usually scooped into a fine mesh bag or tea ball for use in the tub, just so the loose herbs don’t clog your bathtub drain. There are herbs and/or flowers included in these recipes that you can pick straight from your garden, dry and then use in a tub tea. Suggested garden items for a tub tea include chamomile flowers, lavender buds, peppermint leaves and other herbs such as sage. You can also include dried citrus peels and any essential oils you love for extra scent.

Tub Tea Recipes From The Garden

Oatmeal & Chamomile Tub Tea

• 1 cup rolled oats, ground in a blender
• 1 cup Epsom salts
• 4 tablespoons dried chamomile
• 5-10 drops Chamomile essential oil {optional}

Rose Milk Tub Tea

• 1 cup Epsom salts
• 1/4 cup dried white rose petals
• 1 cup powdered milk

Peppermint-Lavender Tub Tea

• 1 cup Epsom salts
• 1/4 cup lavender buds
• 14 cup dried peppermint leaves

Mix tub tea recipes ingredients together and pour into pint-sized mason jars with resealable lids. For gifting, it’s fun to include a homemade label complete with an ingredient list and directions for use. Who wouldn’t love to receive a jar of lovely tub tea for their next bath?

To use your tub teas, scoop 1/2 cup of tub tea into a tea ball or a cotton bag. Allow the bag of tea to steep in a tub of hot water. Climb in, relax and enjoy!