"Stinky boots!", I exclaim, offering the open bag of valerian root to our newest, bright young team member. "It helps you sleep!"

"It doesn't smell so bad", he states after a brief whiff. I'm disappointed. I usually get a more satisfying reaction than that.

"Hold a tick, you didn't get a good smell. Try this", I hope the bag a little wider and offer again. Poor Jonah enthusiastically puts his whole face in the bag and before I can warn him otherwise, he reels backwards.

"Augggh!!!", he exclaims.

Oops. Too far.

"There we go!", I exclaim, nervously. "What is it?", he asks, horrified.

"Valerian root!" The best and worst thing that ever happened to lovers of sleep.

Natural sedative. Divine sleep. Yes, please!

And, well, it smells a little like... you guessed it...

Stinky boots.

And then God created lavender and lovers of sleep breathed a sigh of relief.

I know I certainly did.

At the beginning of 2020, I tasked myself with creating a sleep tea. With some extensive research, I realised pretty quickly that valerian root had to be a key ingredient.

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Happy brewing!

Rebecca Domorev

Australian Certified Organic ACO Cert. No. 13123

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