Mother's milk tea

[SheilaTheTank]

Does anyone here drink it? Do you really have the 3-5 cups a day that it recommends? Is it helping? 

[Deleted]

I drank anywhere from 1 cup to 4 cups a day for a while. I got sick of it since I don't like hot drinks in the summer and it's kind of gross cold. I didn't notice an increase in supply so it wasn't worth it for me. For what's it worth I also took Fenugreek until I smelled like maple for a while too and didn't have an increase either. I don't know if I didn't give them enough time or if they just don't work for me.

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I can't handle more than one cup a day. I have never loved tea and even if I did, I don't love the taste of this one.

I'm drinking it right now, though.

[minae01]

I didn't like the taste, so there's no way I could drink that many cups. I did the capsules instead and didn't notice a difference. Women swear by it, though!

[peachesncream]

See if any herbalists around you make their own blend. I bought one from DavidsTea that was delicious and chocolatey but they appear to have discontinued it. I am trying one from a local herbalist now that tastes more lemony than gross black licoricey.

[rosetyler72]

I drink about 1 cup a day. Not my favorite tea, but I do like black licorice so I don't hate it. No idea of it is helping my supply.

[jess9802]

I am hit or miss on drinking it, and I like the taste. I do notice an increase in my supply when I drink it regularly.

[roseinbloom]

Is this fenugreek? I took capsules. You need a certain threshold quantity daily to make a difference, and you can tell you're getting enough when your sweat and bm smell like maple.

[roseinbloom]

Not that I'm the best source of info on this, but almond flour, Brewers yeast, buckwheat flour, oat flour, fibers, etc. helped a lot. If there hadn't been so many situational factors, I think those things would have saved me in the long run.

[SheilaTheTank]

Jun 24, 2016 15:13:54 GMT -5 peachesncream said:

See if any herbalists around you make their own blend. I bought one from DavidsTea that was delicious and chocolatey but they appear to have discontinued it. I am trying one from a local herbalist now that tastes more lemony than gross black licoricey.

Where do you find a local herbalist? I'm picturing a shop from Harry Potter. 

[katespade]

I haven't had the tea and I won't because I hate that licorice flavor.

I have had pretty good luck with making oatmeal flax cookies. I use a recipe with oatmeal, flax meal, cinnamon, etc. that are easy, tasty, and I've found that I get better pump output. It could just be mental, or it could be that I'm getting more calories eating the cookies? I don't know.

I tried one of the upspring drink packets (it's got fenugreek and blessed thistle) the other day and it wasn't bad.

[peachesncream]

Jun 27, 2016 7:31:19 GMT -5 SheilaTheTank said:

Jun 24, 2016 15:13:54 GMT -5 peachesncream said:

See if any herbalists around you make their own blend. I bought one from DavidsTea that was delicious and chocolatey but they appear to have discontinued it. I am trying one from a local herbalist now that tastes more lemony than gross black licoricey.

Where do you find a local herbalist? I'm picturing a shop from Harry Potter. 

Google?  We have a few at farmers markets around us and I was sent the contact info of one by my LC as well.  Maybe we are just hippies here though :-P

[SheilaTheTank]

Jun 27, 2016 8:20:28 GMT -5 peachesncream said:

Jun 27, 2016 7:31:19 GMT -5 SheilaTheTank said:

Where do you find a local herbalist? I'm picturing a shop from Harry Potter. 

Google?  We have a few at farmers markets around us and I was sent the contact info of one by my LC as well.  Maybe we are just hippies here though :-P

Well shit, my little town has someone who does this. Never would have guessed that. I'll email and see what they recommend.