CelestialSeasoningsSleepytimeExtraTea is a wonderful blend of ingredients that give it an indescribably wonderful taste, and an amazing ability to just make you feel relexed enough to get some sleep.
Make no mistake, this is not an actual sleep-aid that will make you sleep. The sense of relaxation that it gives you will just allow you to naturally drop off -- with no morning hang-over.
Highly recommended for flavor and effectiveness!
This turned me into a hot tea fan!
I am not usually a hot tea person but I love this stuff!
I am a nurse and I started drinking this tea when I would sleep during the day. I work third shift and I didn't want to get in the habbit of taking tylenol PM or benadryl everytime that I needed help sleeping. What I like about this tea is that when you wake up you don't feel drowsy. You sleep well and feel like it when you wake up.
I also continued to use it as I started a new job this year and I had trouble sleeping at night. I always have a huge to do list and this helps me sleep at night and not wake up in the middle of the night thinking about what I didn't get done that day or what I need to get done the next day.
Also, for how much it helps you sleep, it is very inexpensive. THis is the way to go if you need help getting to sleep or staying asleep once you get there. I have never used prescriptions meds to help me sleep and I don't think that I ever will as long as I can keep using this.
THis can be tricky to find in the store. I always get my tea at walmart(it is convenient). One time I found it with the vitamins and one time I found it with the groceries in the tea section. If you can't find it, make sure that you check both places. I hope that this helps!
This stuff really works and tastes so much better than just plain valerian (ugh!). I highly recommend trying it before trying something strong and chemical (and scary) like Ambien.
This is the best tea! If you are looking to relax this is the ticket!
Sleepy Opium Bear Extra is the best bedtime drink ever.
for those of you not initiated, valerian tea is the single best herbal soporific out there. camomile? not even close. some custom blend of liquorish root, peppermint, ginger and rosehips? don't make me laugh. this stuff puts you to sleep like the nyquil of the plant kingdom, but you wake up fresh and without that 'who did something in my mouth' feeling. the problem is that valerian root, by itself, smells and tastes horrible. i mean, actively foul. like it probably wards off mosqitoes and bears and camels and all, y'know? so unless you're a hardcore hemp-wearin' organic cotton 100%-recycled composting-toilet earthship hippy, you wants to get your hands on a blend, hear?
the single best valarian blend out there is the 'SleepytimeExtra'. Sleepytime Tea, aka 'Sleepy Opium Bear' (check the picture on the label. it's like Ursus laudenum, you know what I mean?), is a CelestialSeasonings camomile blend tea. it's alright. but some friends introduced me to 'Sleepytime Extra.' with tagline "the valerian makes it extra". that is one mighty fine valerian blend tea. 25mg valerian, nicely formulated, tastes like a bit thicker, richer and slightly sweeter camomile. nice.
we are going through Sleepy Opium Bear Extra in this house at a rate of knots. 20 bags in a box means a box every two weeks at best, since we both skip some nights because we're scared we getting addicted. (stay tuned.) but we were down to three bags, and frankly i don't trust my housemate jenn not to substitute in some regular ol' tension-tamin' no-extra camo-minty junk without telling me, because that's the kinda person she is.
buy this stuff. it will change your bedtime experience.
based on 22 reviews
