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Herbal Blend Planner
Build a balanced herbal blend with base, body, accent and top notes — with live proportions to copy.
A well-balanced blend is more than adding herbs you like together. It's a structure: a mellow base that carries the cup, a body note that defines it, an accent that adds interest, and a top note that lifts the aroma.
This planner guides you through each layer, shows live proportions, and outputs a blend recipe you can copy or print.
How to use it
How to use the Herbal Blend Planner
Work through the four blend layers one at a time. The planner suggests botanicals for each role, lets you set proportions, and updates a live preview of your recipe as you go.
- Choose your base herb — something smooth and mellow like rooibos or chamomile that makes up 40–60% of the blend.
- Add a body note — the flavour that defines the character of your blend.
- Pick an accent herb to add complexity or contrast (10–20%).
- Add an optional top note for aroma — typically a small amount of a fragrant flower or peel.
- Copy or print your finished recipe with quantities.
For a deeper look at the theory behind this four-layer structure, read our Herbal Tea Blends: Build Your Own guide. The Herbal Tea Ingredients Guide profiles each botanical so you know what to expect from it in a blend.
The planner also shows a live aroma and flavour preview as you add each ingredient, describing the likely character of the finished blend in plain language. This gives you a sense of how the combination will read in the cup before you commit to measuring out a batch.
Questions & answers
FAQs — Herbal Blend Planner
A good base is mild, non-dominant and plays well with others. Rooibos, chamomile, spearmint and lemon balm all make excellent neutral-to-gentle bases. Avoid very strong flavours like licorice root or ginger as your base — they overpower everything else.
You can, but blends with more than five herbs often become muddy and hard to evaluate. Start with three or four, taste the result, then adjust from there.
A classic starting point is 50% base, 25% body, 15% accent, 10% top note. The planner's live view helps you see how adjusting these ratios shifts the balance before you commit.
You can copy or print your recipe from the tool. For long-term storage, our Herbal Tea Journal lets you record blend notes and ratings privately in your browser.