Make Your Own Custom Tea Bags -Plus 3 Tea Blend Recipes!

Making my own custom tea bags is something that I’ve been doing for a long time as it’s convenient and they make great gifts. This is something I enjoy so much and cannot wait to share with you!

I really enjoy a good cup of tea! It is a comfort for me and can be medicine for when I am sick. There’s nothing better than curling up with a hot cup of tea on a rainy day and reading a good book or crocheting and watching TV.

I always have a good selection of teas on hand, but I also like to play around with making my own custom blends; using the flowers or fruits I’ve dehydrated I can make all sorts of different and unique flavors!

*Click here to learn more about dehydrating flowers for tea.

Stay tuned to the end and you’ll find recipes for a few of my favorite blends to make!

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To Make the Custom Tea Bags:

Gather Supplies-

To do this you need a few simple things you may already have in your home:

• Tea of choice
• Scissors
• Measuring Spoons -1/4 tsp, 1/2 tsp, and 1 tsp.
• Coffee Filters
• A Stapler
• Cotton String

Step 1- Prepare the Coffee Filter

This step is not necessary but it does make the final tea bag look nice. If you need a larger tea bag, go ahead and skip this step, the following instructions will still be the same.

• Start by taking 1 coffee filter and flatten it out as best as you can, it doesn’t need to be completely flat.

• Next fold the bottom of the coffee filter up to the top to fold it in half, like so:

• Fold it in half again to create a triangle shape and cut along the edges to turn that into a square.

• Once that’s done you should be able to open up your coffee filter and it is now a square!

Step 2- Fill Your Tea Bag

• Your square coffee filter is now you tea bag, lay that out in front of you.
• Get your tea of choice and measuring spoons ready.
• Make two piles of tea in your tea bag roughly in the center; however much tea you use will determine how strong your tea will be. I recommend starting with two 1/2 tsp piles for a moderate strength.

For this custom tea bag, I am using black tea and making two 1/2 tsp piles:

Step 3 – Fold Your Tea Bag

• Fold the bottom part of your teabag over the tea piles so that it’s a little more than 1/3 of the way over.

• Fold the top of the tea bag down over the tea, folding the bottom part under a little bit.

• Rotate the tea bag 90° and fold it in half. You should now have a little pocket with the fold at the bottom and the opening at the top.

Step 4 – Prepare the String

Let’s pause for a moment and get the string ready:

• Cut a length of your cotton string about 10″.
• Fold that in half and twist the folded end together by rolling it between your fingers a few times.

That’s pretty much it, it should look something like this, note the end being twisted together:

Step 5- Finishing

Now that that is out of the way, we can finish the bag.

• Fold the top corners of the tea bag down in triangles, making a gift tag shape.
• Place the twisted end of the sting at the top, with the rest of the string facing out.

• Holding the string in place, fold down the top twice.

• Staple the top of the tea bag closed, and over top of the string.

Now you have your own custom tea bag!

It may take a few tries to get the hang of it but once you do, you’ll be able to whip this up in no time.

Make as many as you’d like and store them in a airtight container, jar or bag.

Save or Print these instructions for later!

Here are 3 tea blend recipes you can try now that you know how to make your own bags!

These are written to be put directly into your tea bag but can easily be multiplied to make a large batch.

All of these recipes will be using dried ingredients.

Green Rooibos, Lemongrass and Ginger:

Feel free to substitute the green rooibos tea for green tea.

• Prepare a coffee filter as in step 1 above.
• In one pile in the center of the prepared tea bag add 1/2 tsp of green rooibos tea and 1/8 to1/4 tsp of ground ginger.(You can use 1/4 to 1/2 tsp dried ginger piece instead of the ground ginger).
• For the other pile add a heaping 1/2 tsp dried lemongrass pieces.

• Fold and close the tea bag as instructed in steps 3-5.
• Brew a temp of 200°F for 6-8 minutes for the best results.

Wintergreen and Spearmint with Rose hips.

• Prepare a coffee filter as in step 1 above.
• In your prepared tea bag add 1 tsp crushed or torn wintergreen leaves in one pile and 1/2 tsp crushed spearmint in the other.
• Crush 4-5 small rose hips and add to the spearmint pile. (My rose hips are from the multi-flora rose).

• Finish your tea bag as instructed in steps 3-5.
• Brew at roughly 200°F for 10-15 minutes for maximum flavor.

Chocolate Orange and Black Locust Black Tea

To make this one decaf you can leave out the black tea and replace it with red rooibos.

• Prepare a coffee filter as instructed above.
• Make your first tea pile with 1//2 tsp of black tea and 1/4 tsp coco powder.
• In the second pile add 1/2 tsp black locust flowers and 3-5 small pieces of dried orange.

• Fold and close as instructed in steps 3-5.
• Brew between 200°-205°F for 3-5 minutes.

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Tea is very special to me and to be able to make custom tea bags for my friends and family is such a great way to share a piece of myself with them. I hope you are able to do the same!

What are some of your favorite teas?