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Improved mood: Lavender can alleviate mild anxiety and depression. For people who suffer from mild mood disorders, taking lavender tea daily can increase their mental resilience and put them in a better headspace.
Sleep aid: Along with relaxing the mind, lavender can also help relax your body. Lavender induces drowsiness and is a good option for an evening tea to help create physical relaxation.
Muscle cramp relief: Lavender possesses anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties to relieve mild aches and pains. It is also useful for helping to alleviate the abdominal cramps associated with menstruation.
Better complexion: Lavender is commonly included in cosmetics because its antimicrobial properties make it useful in cleansers and detoxifying formulas. It can be used to treat inflammatory skin disorders such as acne and dry skin.

Tea, beverage produced by steeping in freshly boiled water the young leaves and leaf buds of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis. Two principal varieties are used, the small-leaved China plant (C. sinensis variety sinensis) and the large-leaved Assam plant (C. sinensis variety assamica). Hybrids of these two varieties are also grown. The leaves may be fermented or left unfermented.

History of the tea trade
According to legend, tea has been known in China since about 2700 BCE. For millennia it was a medicinal beverage obtained by boiling fresh leaves in water, but around the 3rd century CE it became a daily drink, and tea cultivation and processing began. The first published account of methods of planting, processing, and drinking came in 350 CE. Around 800 the first seeds were brought to Japan, where cultivation became established by the 13th century. Chinese from Amoy brought tea cultivation to the island of Formosa (Taiwan) in 1810. Tea cultivation in Java began under the Dutch, who brought seeds from Japan in 1826 and seeds, workers, and implements from China in 1833.
In 1824 tea plants were discovered in the hills along the frontier between Burma and the Indian state of Assam. The British introduced tea culture into India in 1836 and into Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in 1867. At first they used seeds from China, but later seeds from the Assam plant were used.

The Dutch East India Company carried the first consignment of China tea to Europe in 1610. In 1669 the English East India Company brought China tea from ports in Java to the London market. Later, teas grown on British estates in India and Ceylon reached Mincing Lane, the centre of the tea trade in London. By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, tea growing had spread to Russian Georgia, Sumatra, and Iran and extended to non-Asian countries such as Natal, Malawi, Uganda, Kenya, Congo, Tanzania, and Mozambique in Africa, to Argentina, Brazil, and Peru in South America, and to Queensland in Australia.

How about tea?
What Is Lavender Tea?
Lavender tea is an herbal tea made from the dried flowers of the lavender plant. Lavender is related to rosemary and mint and is valued for its soothing fragrance and medicinal properties. Lavender has many health benefits when brewed in tea or included in other consumables.

Traditionally, the lavender grown for cosmetics and food products is grown in the southern regions of France. This is especially true of the Provence region, where lavender is a major agricultural export.
Lavender thrives in an arid region with relatively little rain. Other than France, other areas where lavender grows well include Mediterranean and southern California regions.