Tart Cherry and Chamomile Sleepy Mocktail

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Sleepy-time mocktails are the best! You’re going to love this Tart Cherry and Chamomile Sleepy Mocktail!

It’s the perfect night cap, and of course, completely non-alcoholic. 

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• Why you'll love this tea mocktail
• Ingredients + substitutions
• Step-by-step (with photos)
• Special equipment needed
• Variations
• More mocktails you'll love:
• Tart Cherry and Chamomile Sleepy Mocktail
• Let's connect? + Pin it for later

This is an exciting mocktail, or sometimes called “non-alcoholic cocktail".  

Lately I’ve been thrilled to create a few “relaxing” sleepy-time mocktails.  Such as this Tart Cherry and Hibiscus Mocktail, this Kava Mocktail, and this Orange Passion Mocktail!

They’ve been incredibly popular, I suspect due to people looking for creative ways to curb their drinking. Absolutely loving this cool opportunity to (in a way) help people cut back on this habit.

Not to oversell it - but alcohol seriously disrupts your sleep and going for a mocktail that relaxes you, and supports better sleep, is a way better idea! I've done it myself, and it's been life changing!

Why you'll love this tea mocktail

• It contains relaxing ingredients, perfect for supporting a great night of sleep! The blend of chamomile tea and tart cherry juice is just perfect! And the flavors pair well together!
• It's so delicious, you’ll feel like you’re sipping on a treat (and you are).
• It’s perfect for summer or winter! But it's nice to sip on when you're not in the mood for hot tea.

Ingredients + substitutions

The ingredients are very accessible, therefore easy to find at your local grocery store. This isn't a mocktail that requires anything hard to source.

You'll need:

Just a few simple ingredients. If you don't have all of them don't worry, we'll talk about some swaps below.

• Chamomile tea - chamomile tea is famous for being a relaxing sleep elixir, making it perfect for this mocktail!  If you’d like you can substitute the chamomile tea for lavender, a chamomile blend, or a sleepytime tea blend.  
• Honey - to sweeten the drink, just a little bit! It tastes wonderful and balances out the tartness of the cherry juice.  
• Pink salt - just a pinch! For hydration and the balancing of electrolytes.  If you don't have pink salt you can just leave it out.
• Tart cherry juice - not only is this tart drink awesome, but it makes you sleepy! If you haven’t tried it to support great sleep, you have to give it a try! I think it really works! And with the chamomile tea it’s a fabulous combination.
• Lime twist - for garnish and fanciness.  You can also add a splash of lime juice if you’d like. 

Step-by-step (with photos)

Place a chamomile tea bag in a Pyrex measuring cup and pour ¼ cup of boiling water over it. 

Stir in the honey and Himalayan salt.  

Set aside to cool.  

Fill a glass with ice and pour the tea mixture over the ice.

Then add the tart cherry juice.  

Top with a splash of sparkling water, give it a gentle stir.  

Garnish with a lime twist. And add a splash of lime juice if you'd like (although, I don't think it needs it).

Special equipment needed

This recipe doesn’t require any fancy equipment.  I simply used:

• A Pyrex measuring cup (to brew the tea and measure the tart cherry juice).  
• A spoon, for stirring the honey into the tea and for stirring the finished drink.  
• A low ball glass - to feel fancy.  But you can make yours in a wine glass.  Any glass works!

Variations

• Calm magnesium powder - add ½ tsp of magnesium powder for some extra benefits! 
• Tart cherry and valerian mocktail - instead of chamomile tea use valerian.  Valerian root is very helpful when it comes to getting ready and in the mood for a good night of sleep!
• Beetroot chamomile mocktail - instead of tart cherry juice you can swap it for beet/beetroot juice (just make sure it’s pure beet juice and not a blend, I’m not sure how that would taste).  

More mocktails you'll love:

Most of these mocktail serve one, and are perfect for drinking right at bedtime to unwind after a long day:

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