The Herbal Way to Cool Off

Some weeks just feel hot, mentally, emotionally, energetically. And this one did.

It started when Melissa walked into the office with a tray of tiny golden ice cubes. She’d blended chamomile tea with coconut water and froze it into something soft and floral. “Just try it,” she said, passing one into a glass of sparkling water. That first sip felt like hitting pause.

A day later, Jagatjoti, our director, showed up with hand-mixed jars of bath salts. Red rose buds and petals, Peppermint, Chamomile flowers, and Himalayan pink salt. “Take one home,” he said. “It’s a reset button.” No one argued.

Pretty soon, we were all leaning in. We weren’t just cooling off, we were remembering.

We pulled out jars of chamomile, peppermint, rose, hibiscus, fennel, and the deeper we got into them, the more the stories started to come out.

Jason mentioned how chamomile was used by the ancient Greeks to soothe sunburned skin and calm overheated moods, the kind of plant they bathed in after long days under the sun. “No wonder it feels like a nervous system reset,” he said, holding up one of Melissa’s coconut cubes.

Peppermint sparked a whole conversation. Mattee had read about how the Romans crushed it into oils to rub on their temples during the summer heat. “That’s basically what our bath salt blend does,” she pointed out, and we realized we were continuing a 2,000-year-old ritual… just with glass jars and an air-conditioned office.

Rose came next. Kai shared that in traditional Persian and Ayurvedic cultures, rose wasn’t just decoration, it was scattered through homes to cool the air and quiet the spirit. “It’s like emotional air conditioning,” she said. Melissa swears it made her whole bathroom feel like a reset. Mattee swears it made her stay in the tub twenty minutes longer than planned. No regrets.

Hibiscus made us all pause. We didn’t steep it this time, but even just holding the dried petals was enough to remember how it's used in tropical regions to help regulate heat, blood pressure, and hydration. “It’s like nature's electrolyte,” someone said, and we nodded while quietly planning our next blend.

Fennel rounded everything out. Jagatjoti shared how in India, fennel is chewed after meals not just for digestion but for cooling the whole body. When we added it to the bath salt mix, its subtle sweetness tied the whole thing together.

We turned those moments into two simple rituals, Cooling Herbal Bath Salts and Chamomile Coconut Ice Cubes, and shared them on socials (the videos are live if you want to try them too).

But the deeper takeaway? Cooling herbs do more than chill you out physically. They invite you to slow down. To reset. To listen to what your body’s asking for, and respond with something natural, beautiful, and time-tested.

All five herbs we used this week are part of our summer seasonal discount, available retail and wholesale.

If you’ve been looking for a reason to cool off (and calm down), this might be it.