Heard of bath tea bags and wondering if they are easy to make at home? Or looking for a luxurious bath experience?

I can help with this great guide to how to have a bath with tea bags you make at home!

This must be one of my easiest recipes and will ensure you have a fantastic bath experience whenever you want. I love how quick and easy bath tea bags are to make and how easy it is to customise to whatever mood I’m in.

Bath tea bags are also very good for you. They can improve circulation, help your muscles relax and relieve pain.

While you can also do these things by just adding the ingredients to your bath, have you noticed how messy that makes things?!

Putting everything you want to soak into a tea bag makes the whole thing way less messy and is only minimal effort. You can reuse the tea bags and it’s a quick and easy way to have a great bath experience.

Below, I cover exactly what bath brew tea bags are, how to use them and why you may want to make them yourself. I go through ingredients you can use and then describe exactly how you can make your own including a quick and easy video of how.

Let’s start!

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What Is A Bath Tea Bag?

What is a bath tea bag? A bath tea bag is essentially what the name describes. It is a cloth bag that is filled with ingredients like flowers, herbs, salts, essential oils and more. The bath tea bag is left inside the bath tub to infuse the bath water.

The bath tea bags are filled with nourishing ingredients to help relax and de-stress the mind and body, to relieve sore, tired muscles and to soften the skin.

A herbal tea bath, as it is often called, is basically just a relaxing and soothing bath infused with a bag of herbal teas with the addition of bath salts, essential oils and more.

Reusable bath tea bags can be made with muslin bags or organza. It is important to let the bath tea bags completely dry out between uses in the bath and you should not do this more than twice. Much like a regular tea bag, the more uses, the less potent and effective it will be.

Using your bath tea bags more than a few times can also increase the risk of mould forming on your flowers and herbs.

There are a heap of different ingredients you can choose to include in your bath bags. It can be totally customised to your needs.

Flowers and herbs can have positive mental and physical effects on the body and choosing ones you want the most benefit from and love the smell of is always a great idea.

You can create your own bath tea bags based on your wants and needs for any particular occasion. E.g. stress reducing tea bags, energy encouraging tea bags, etc.

How To Use Bath Tea Bags

After making your bath tea bags, you are ready to use them. Bath tea bags are very simple to use. Simply drop your bath tea bags in bath water and let it soak for about 10 minutes. Depending on the strength you’d like your bath water you can leave it for as long or as little as you’d like.

If you have used colourful flowers and herbs, your bath water will probably change colour too. Once you have finished soaking your bath tea bag, you can remove it from the bath.

bath tea bag in bath water — My bath tea bag soaking its goodness in the bath

You can then make one of two decisions, throw away the contents of the tea bag or keep the contents inside the tea bag and dry it out completely to get additional uses out of it. If you choose the latter, the bath bag will slowly lose its potency and effectiveness. It is important to let the contents dry out completely to avoid mould too. You should not reuse your bath tea bag more than twice.

Once you are ready to throw the flower mixture out, you can keep the tea bag for future uses, provided it is reusable bath tea bags material like muslin or organza.

Why Make Tea Bath Bags?

The ingredients you choose to add to your tea bath bags will play a big role in the benefits you receive from your bath bags. There are many choices for ingredients in your tea bath bags. Generally though, they are going to include flowers, herbs and salts.

The combination of these ingredients is going to help relax and unwind you while you soak. It can help relieve muscle cramping and muscle tension, detoxify the body, reduce inflammation and stress and improve blood circulation.

Making tea bath bags with the combination of these ingredients will create a soothing, luxurious and calming feel to your bath.

You could just throw all of these ingredients into your bath but that would make a big mess you’d have to spend time cleaning after, reducing your relaxation time. Tea bath bags are a great way to stop the ingredients making a mess in your bath and potentially clogging your drain. The tea bath bags made from reusable cloth mean you don’t need to worry about constantly purchasing more.

Ingredients For DIY Bath Tea Bags

When it comes to ingredients for your bath tea bags Australia, you can use any or all of the things suggested below or anything else you may want to have in your bath water for a luxurious soak. It’s up to you!

I buy my ingredients from Amazon (click here) and eBay (click here), super easy.

Dried Flowers

Dried flowers are a great ingredient to infuse your bath with. Depending on your mood and what effects you are looking at achieving will depend on which flower you go for. Alternatively, you could use them all! I have listed a few below.

Dried Chamomile: There are many benefits to chamomile. Adding them to your bath bags can relieve stress, aid in relaxation, insomnia relief, pain relief and inflammation.
Dried Rose: Dried rose is another flower with plenty of benefits. Not only do they provide a wonderful aroma they contain antioxidants, vitamins and minerals that can help repair and soothe the skin.
Dried Dandelion Flowers: Can help rejuvenate the skin and can improve blood circulation from its high presence of potassium.
Dried Jasmine: Jasmine can enhance the mood, provide a lovely aroma, can help with relaxation and work as an aphrodisiac.
Dried Passion Flower: Passionflower can reduce stress and anxiety and aid in relaxation and reduce pain.
Dried Lavender: Dried lavender provides a lovely aroma to your bath bags and can help reduce stress. It contains vitamins, minerals and antioxidants that encourage healthy skin and contain skin cleansing properties.

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Dried Herbs

Dried herbs can be great for increasing aroma and providing all kinds of effects. Again, depending on the effects you are after is the type of herb you should go for. You can, of course, use any number of herbs you wish. I have listed a few choices below.

Dried Comfrey: Comfrey is a great choice of herb. It can reduce inflammation, treat wounds, help new skin cells form and more.
Dried Lemon Balm: Lemon balm is great at reducing stress, relieving insomnia, improving appetite and relieving pain.
Dried Ginger Root: Dried ginger root can help with inflammation and increasing blood flow.
Dried Peppermint: Peppermint or spearmint provides a great smell to your bath, a lovely cooling effect and can help heal the skin.
Dried Sage: Sage can help relieve muscle tension and increase circulation.
Dried Basil: Dried basil can help relieve joint pain and breathing it in is good for the respiratory system, also aiding in relaxation.

Epsom Salts

Epsom salts are a great ingredient to include in your bath tea bags. They are a great way to relieve sore, aching, tense and cramping muscles.

When epsom salts hit the warm water, their magic is revealed. It can be really soothing and relieve pain. It can draw out the toxins from your body, reduce inflammation and can help reduce stress and more.

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Oats

Oats may seem like a strange ingredient to include in your bath tea bags. However oats have been used for centuries for easing irritated skin and there is quite a bit of benefit to adding them.

Oatmeal can bind to the skin, forming a protective barrier and helps to keep the moisture in your skin. They can help reduce inflammation and also clean your skin.

Oatmeal baths are commonly used to relieve symptoms of eczema and psoriasis.

Essential Oils

Essential oils are not essential in this recipe. However, they can provide a great aroma and a luxurious feel to your bath. Specific essential oils can also benefit your health in a number of ways. I have listed a few below:

Lavender oil: Lavender oil smells wonderful and has been my favourite essential oil to use. It can help you to unwind, relax you and keep you alert.
Rose oil: Rose oil is a favourite among many people. It smells beautiful, can help stimulate the mind and be good for skin imperfections.
Peppermint oil: Gives off a nice fresh scent with a cooling effect. Helpful for focusing the mind and reducing inflammation.
Eucalyptus oil: There are heaps of benefits to eucalyptus oil, from soothing irritated skin to helping sore muscles. It’s great for the respiratory system, relieving scalp itchiness and helps with pain.
Tea tree oil: In the bath, tea tree oil can relieve inflammation, relieve respiratory issues, disinfect the pores and more.
Chamomile oil: Known for its relaxing effect, it can help to relieve insomnia and wind you down.

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Reusable Tea Bags

Reusable tea bags, such as those made from muslin cloth or organza, are great options for making your bath tea bags. Reusable tea bags mean you will not have to constantly purchase bags and will reduce the amount of waste produced. Using the reusable tea bags makes it super easy to create a luscious and luxurious bath. You can also reuse the contents of your tea bag up to 2 times.

If you are looking to reuse the contents of your bath tea bags, ensure you have completely dried it out between uses. I do not recommend using them after two uses as they will not provide much benefit. Just like a cup of tea, after steeping a number of times its potency and effectiveness are limited.

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How To Make Bath Tea Bags At Home

When it comes to how to make herbal bath tea bags, it is crazy easy. You basically place anything you would like to soak in in your bath to the tea bag and you are good to go.

I remember when I first read that though when I first decided to make my own bath tea bags and I found it quite overwhelming!

For this reason, I include a lavender bath tea bags recipe below that you can use as a starting point.

Two bath tea bags — The finished product! My bath tea bags using the recipe below

However, don’t feel like you have to follow it exactly. Change it as much as you like to use what you already have at home or for your preferences. You can read the section above on ingredients for ideas.

Bath Tea Bags Recipe

Yield: 2

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 5 minutes

These large bath tea bags will ensure bathtime is a luxurious experience and they are so quick and easy to make.

Ingredients

1/2 cup of Epsom Salts
2 tablespoons of Oats
1/4 cup of Dried Rose Petals
1/4 cup of Dried Chamomile
10 drops of Lavender Essential Oil
Reusable tea bags

Instructions

Combine ingredients together in a bowl
Fill tea bags so they are approximately half full
Add it to your bath while it is filling up

Notes

You can really place whatever you like in your tea bag. This is just a starting point - you can edit it to suit your taste and preferences.

I can make two bags with this recipe. I use bags that 4 x 6 inches.

If you prefer to watch exactly how to make these tea bags, watch our full video below (which shows exactly how quick and easy it is!

Final Words

I hope you have enjoyed this guide on making bath tea bags at home. Bath tea bags are a creative, fun activity and can make a great gift. They are luxurious, remedial and relaxing to soak in and will leave you feeling soothed and relaxed.

There are plenty of benefits to soaking in your steeped bath water, from reducing inflammation to helping relieve insomnia. Give it a try for yourself.

Want to learn more? Click here for my bath bomb recipe, here to learn how to make donut bath bombs, my bath salts here or here for how to make bath melts. You can also find all my guides to making your own skincare here.