Fresh Tulsi Tea aka Holy Basil, will help you to find your inner peace and balance.
This tea assists you in centering your mind by keeping it clear and focused on your tasks ahead.
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Get the instructions on how to make tulsi tea further below.
You can make tulsi tea with fresh leaves or dried leaves.
Furthermore, choose to have the holy basil tea hot or as an iced tea!
Besides, you can decide to make this tea by including more ingredients to prepare a detox tea, just the way I did here with the herbal tea mixture.
What is Tulsi?
You might have heard of Tulsi before. Tulsi is also called Holy Basil as it is related to the common Italian Basil and the Thai Basil.
There are countless basil varieties of this world, holy basil/tulsi is just another one.
The Tulsi plant grows into a shrub which emits a refreshing aroma. It's supposed to keep mosquitoes away as well.
Variety Options
There are about 4 Tulsi varieties out there.
Each differs mostly from the looks, some being more green others more purple besides the obvious taste difference.
- Rama Tulsi
- Vana Tulsi
- Krishna Tulsi
- Shyam Tulsi
The most common Tulsi variation is Rama Tulsi, those are bright green (as seen in the pictures)
For the Tea Infusion
If you like herbal teas, then get a small Tulsi plant or Tulsi seeds to grow in a small pot at home.
I think you can grow the holy basil in an apartment too if you keep it somewhere near adequate sunlight.
It keeps the surrounding fresh and will lend your apartment a lovely sweet aroma.
You can use fresh or dried Tulsi leaves to make this tulsi tea. You can add sugar too if you like. Just cool that tea and store it in a fridge, and you have an iced tea.
I use the same concept to prepare my fresh lemongrass tea or the mango iced tea. Tulsi variations for you to try.
Just add these ingredients to the recipe below (in small doses!), mix and match yourself.
- Ginger (energizes)
- Licorice roots (great when you have a cold to boost immunity or help you breath)
- White Tea (instead of green or black tea, has more antioxidants)
- Chamomile flowers (relaxes your body and mind)
- to your Chai milk blend (follow the chai recipe and just add the tulsi leaves)
- Lemon/Lime Juice
- Moringa leaves
📖 Recipe
Infused Tulsi Tea with Fresh or Dried Leaves (Holy Basil)
Ingredients
- 5 cups Water
- handful Tulsi Fresh or 1 ½ Tablespoon dried flaked Tulsi leaves
- 1 Tablespoon Black Tea Leaves or Green Tea leaves
- Sugar or Honey, Stevia
Instructions
- Add the Water to a Pot with the Tulsi leaves, fresh or dried and the tea leaves.
- Steep the herbs in water for 5-10 minutes.
- Strain, sweeten, enjoy.
- For Tulsi iced tea, let it cool. Serve with ice.
