Very therapeutic & soothing evening tea

This is a variation – maybe an evolution – of my favorite evening tea, which often features Lamiaceae herbs:

14 – 17 oz. pure water, hot
~1 teaspoon holy basil/tulsi leaf
slightly less or equivalent spearmint leaf
pinch of stevia leaf
~2 mini wooden spoonfuls of ashwagandha powder

After it has steeped for a good while I strain it and press it to extract as much as possible. I pour it in a drinking vessel and keep a plastic spoon in it to stir it because the ashwagandha tends to settle at the bottom.

It’s intersting, I use three different spoons for this tea: Small wooden spoon to scoop the ashwagandha powder, small metal spoon to press the leaves in the strainer to extract everything, and a plastic spoon in the drinking vessel to occasionally stir the tea.

Also, when the herbs are first added to the brewing/steeping vessel, I stir them with a plastic fork. Plastic utensils are great because they don’t impart anything into what they come in contact with. I love them for dispensing and stirring herbs.

Even if I were very rich I would still continue to need and to use my plastic utensils which are a sign of advancement. Advancement doesn’t have to do with the monetary value of an item but with the use and functionality it provides.