Gritty Vocals (herbal tea)
Gritty Vocals (herbal tea)
Ingredients: Peppermint leaf, ginger root, licorice root, marshmallow root, echinacea angustifolia root, pau d’arco bark, hops flowers
Good for: Sore throats and singing
Tastes like: Sweet peppermint with ginger and roots
Makes you feel like: Busting out a ballad!
Art by: Ben Robinson
85 grams / 36 servings (1.5 tsp per 8 oz water)
Caffeine-free. All ingredients organic, except pau d’arco, which is wild harvested.
Recommended brewing: 200° for 20 minutes
Throat coat tea made for singers of Philadelphia!
Gritty Vocals is a special blend I made for music venues around Philadelphia. Concert venues like Union Transfer, Ardmore Music Hall, Underground Arts, and World Cafe Live, all stocked Gritty Vocals in their greenrooms to let their singers shine. Even local recording studios like Uniform Recordings got in on the action. Now, it’s available for the general public. It runs more on the medicinal side, and it’s effective on the throat regardless if you’re playing a gig or not.
In Philly, though, Gritty Vocals is popular for a whole other reason… Ben Robinson provided this unbelievable cover of Gritty busting out a ballad. I met Ben vending at a Funky Brunch event at Ardmore Music Hall, and judging from his super cool Gritty license plates, knew he’d be a great fit for the job. Boy, was he!
Vinyl Pairing: Sheer Mag - Need to Feel Your Love (Wilsuns Recording Company, 2017)
Riffs galore! Adrenaline-pumping tracks with sweet licks. My go to choice when blending tea, because it keeps me awake and jacked! Super tight band led by the powerful Tina Halladay on vocals. TURN IT UP!
Further Listening: A Distant Call (2019); Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent by Design (2000)
