Tea Time strain
HybridSativa 50% / Indica 50%
Genetics Herbal hybrid
Balanced hybrid, herbal-tea nose. Calm, mindful relaxation.
How it feels
Scored 0–5 by our own team from tasting and customer feedback — not numbers copied from elsewhere. Use them to compare strains within this library.
Aroma & flavour
Nine aroma notes scored 0–5 — handy for finding something close to what you already like.
Flavour coordinates 0–100
0 — 100
Feel keywords
Key terpenes
Linalool
Vaporizes at 198°CSweet floral lavender, soft and powdery
- Also found in
- Lavender · white flowers · coriander
- How people describe it
- Usually described as calm and unwinding — a bedtime note
Humulene
Vaporizes at 198°CDry wood with a hoppy bitterness
- Also found in
- Hops (beer) · ginseng · clove
- How people describe it
- Often described as steady and grounded
Origins and lineage
Tea Time is a balanced herbal hybrid that smells, as the name says, like a pot of flower tea — chamomile, jasmine, dried herbs — rather than fruit or fuel. Its terpenes are linalool, the lavender compound, and humulene, the hops compound: exactly the pairing you would expect from that nose. Staff call it 'the tea-pourer of silence'.
Aroma, taste and when it fits
Floral tops the chart at 5 with earth at 4; sweetness, citrus and pine are all low, and fuel is zero — the only strain in our top ten with no gas at all.
Effects are the gentlest here: every axis sits at 2 or 3, with focus intact. It is the strain for people who want to feel calmer without feeling altered — reading, a quiet evening, a first-time visitor who is nervous.
Why it is a Hightown favourite
Tea Time earns its place among the ten most purchased strains by being the safe recommendation: staff hand it to newcomers, to people who found other strains too intense, and to anyone who dislikes sweet or diesel flavours. Like every strain we grow, each harvest is scored on our own fifteen-axis profile before it reaches a counter, so the chart on this page describes the flower actually on the shelf, not a catalogue entry. The low numbers here are the point.
Frequently asked
- Is Tea Time sativa or indica?
- A balanced 50/50 hybrid, and the mildest strain in this list.
- What does Tea Time taste like?
- Flower tea: floral and herbal, with dry earth. No fruit, no fuel.
- What should I try after Tea Time?
- Maraschino if you want a little more sweetness with the same even effect; EmergenC if you want the clarity with more energy.
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Closest matches
Computed from the 15 axes we score ourselves — tap any strain on the right and its aroma profile overlays this one, so you can see exactly where they differ. If your favourite is sold out, start with the closest.
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Want to try this one?
Come talk to the team at any shop — tell us the feel you're after and we'll match it. What's on the shelf changes with each grow cycle.
Educational information for adults 20+ — effects vary by person and dose. Not medical advice. What's actually on the shelf changes with each grow cycle; just ask us in the shop.