Tea for Your Enneagram Type
I partnered with my friend and herbalist, Drip Den, to create something we're really proud of: Tea for Your Enneagram Type! We combined ancient herbal knowledge and Enneagram wisdom to create herbal tea blends, specifically formulated to balance out the body and mind of each specific type.
Here’s the tea on how we made the tea 😉
ORIGINS
Last summer, while on our way from LA to Santa Monica for some Saturday r & r, my friend Bet shared her vision for her new company. Bet is an herbalist, and she was gearing up to launch Drip Den at the time. As she told me all about her plans, we both suddenly realized that the Enneagram and Drip Den are basically a match made in heaven.
Drip Den’s signature product is custom teas. Customers are guided through a quiz so that Bet can better understand specific pain points in their mind and body, and then she handcrafts a blend of beautiful, organic herbs specifically formulated to meet their needs. When Drip Den officially launched, I got my custom tea, and it was incredible. I struggle with focusing in the afternoons, so Bet sent me a blend of Ashwagandha, Nettle, Skullcap, and more. The herbs balance out my scattered afternoon energy and help me feel calm and focused. After one cup of tea, I was hooked.
From there, the project unfolded naturally. I acted as if I was taking the Drip Den custom tea quiz, but I focused on each Enneagram type. Bet’s perspective is heavily focused on education and empowerment, so I taught her about each Enneagram type and how the intelligence centers (mind, heart, and body) show up for each type. I shared a fascinating article on the neurobiology of the Enneagram, and Bet worked diligently to understand the nuances of the types so that we could create the most supportive teas possible. Because here’s the thing: you’re not going to find a type Eight tea full of caffeine: Eights don’t need that! They need a calming energy so that they can feel more balanced and integrated in their bodies (also, all the teas are caffeine-free - herbs only).
THE TEA
We worked together to marry the ancient wisdom of the Enneagram with the ancient practice of herbalism to bring balance and support to your modern woes.
When you have a lot of noise coming in (especially from your inner critic), it’s hard to really tap into what your gut needs to say to you. This blend reminds you that you are sufficient and delicious just as you are, balancing out that tightness that comes from overstimulation and relaxing you into new ideas to make the world a better place, most importantly - simply by being yourself.
Opening your heart to others is just as important as protecting your heart and getting in those moments of self love and care. This nourishing tea helps you bring yourself back into focus and calm your (sometimes overactive) heart center.
Let’s bring you back into the moment so you can focus on your beautiful needs. Life isn’t always about keeping up, and we need moments of rest and reflection to keep us balanced so we can keep serving fierceness in our many endeavors. This tea helps fortify the body for those times we choose emails over taking a little break, and move us to listen more closely to what our heart is saying.
Keeping one foot on the ground can be hard when we see the world for what it could be, rather than how things are now. This tea gives you the energy to bring you out of your daydreams and into the first step forward and move on from the past. All the while, protecting your inner voice so she can speak loud and clear.
This energetic blend can give you a boost when you’ve used all your brain power navigating This calming blend invites you back into your body, when you find yourself white-knuckling it through the day. Responses to stress can leave us feeling lackluster, and this tea reminds us that everything will be ok - as long as we take time to decompress our body and mind, so we can operate from a calm, centered state of being day to reserve your precious energy. It will also get you out of your head and activate your full self so that you can find solutions to the things that keep you up at night and you can keep it moving - making each day more meaningful than the last.
This calming blend invites you back into your body, when you find yourself white-knuckling it through the day. Responses to stress can leave us feeling lackluster, and this tea reminds us that everything will be ok - as long as we take time to decompress our body and mind, so we can operate from a calm, centered state of being.
It can be hard to blend the passion you have with the things that need to be processed - but sometimes the two can inform one another if both are given proper attention. This blend will help you keep your on-the-go life, while bringing some love to your body and mind so you can bring the good and the bad into balance and enjoy the ride.
This cooling blend will help ease that fire in the belly when injustices and just plain annoyances start to creep up. This will help keep you calm as moments of angst appear on the horizon, and balance you into a more chill state of being so you can focus your attention on yourself.
This balanced blend will help you tap into your inner voice so that you can exist in a place where how you feel and what drives you on your insides, can become more in line with your external environment. When adrenals are imbalanced and there’s too much mental chatter and overstimulation, fatigue sets in and we’re too tired to listen to our heart and create a world where we can thrive. This tea will help you speak your mind and listen to that gorgeous inner voice of yours - manifest away!
