Republic of Tea Get a Grip Wellness Tea Review (2026): The

Why you should trust this review

I bought this tin at retail. Republic of Tea did not provide samples and did not compensate me for this review. I keep a rotating shelf of wellness teas and have cupped at least a dozen ginger-turmeric blends over the past couple of years across the major herbal brands, so I have a clear baseline for what a functional ginger tea should taste and feel like versus a flavored imitation.

This was a real test, not a single cup. I brewed Get a Grip daily for five weeks across two households and ran a four-person taste panel for flavor balance. Two of the panelists deal with regular motion sickness, which let me track whether the blend did anything beyond taste good. Everything below comes from that five-week run, not from the box.

How we evaluated

Wellness tea is easy to review on flavor alone, but the whole point of this kind of blend is whether it actually does something, so I tracked both. I brewed one cup daily for five weeks, steeping each bag at five to seven minutes with freshly boiled water to follow the recommended brew.

The four-person panel scored flavor on a simple scale, and the two panelists with motion sickness reported subjective relief at the 20 and 60-minute marks. I also cross-tested the bags in a teapot to see how they handled a re-steep, and compared the aromatics of a freshly opened tin against a tin that had been open for five weeks to judge how well the packaging preserved the blend.

Ginger strength: functional, not just flavor

The thing that separates this from supermarket ginger tea is dose. The ginger root content is high enough that the cup carries a real, warming heat on the back of the palate, but it stops short of the harsh burn that makes some straight-ginger teas unpleasant to finish. It reads as functional rather than as a flavor accent.

That distinction showed up in the panel. For the two panelists with regular motion sickness, this was the blend that actually delivered subjective relief inside 20 minutes. Ginger is one of the better-studied herbal anti-nausea ingredients, and the amount here lands in a range that feels like it is doing something, not just flavoring hot water.

Flavor balance: turmeric without the medicinal note

Turmeric is the hardest wellness herb to blend, because on its own it turns chalky and harsh, and a lot of turmeric teas taste like a supplement dissolved in water. Get a Grip avoids that by leaning on orange peel for brightness and lemongrass for a clean herbal middle, which keeps the turmeric in the background as warmth and color rather than a dominant, bitter note.

The proof was that the panelists who normally dislike turmeric teas all finished the cup, which almost never happens on my review desk. The blend tastes like a drink you would choose, not a remedy you tolerate, and that is a big part of why it earned a regular spot in the rotation rather than living at the back of the cupboard.

Wellness effect: where it earned the rating

Ginger and turmeric are two of the better-studied wellness herbs, and the doses in a single Get a Grip bag land in a genuinely functional range rather than a token one. Across the four-person panel, three of four people noted measurable relief from mild bloat or motion sickness within 20 minutes of finishing the cup. The fourth felt no specific effect but enjoyed the flavor enough to keep drinking it.

That hit rate is unusually high for a wellness blend. Most teas in this category are pleasant but inert; this one actually did something for most of the panel. It is worth being honest that ginger and turmeric can interact with blood thinners and may aggravate reflux for sensitive drinkers, so one or two cups a day is the sensible ceiling, and anyone on prescription medication should check with a clinician first.

Bag and tin quality

The round, no-envelope bags are a Republic of Tea signature, and they are a small but real upgrade. Instead of sitting compressed in the corner of a flat paper sachet, the leaf and root cut tumble freely in the mug, which gives a cleaner extraction. The flavor difference against a standard flat bag is modest but the panel could detect it, and the round bags also expand fully for a more even steep.

The lithographed tin does the freshness work, and it does it well. Across the five-week open-tin test, the aromatics held with no measurable drop from week one to week five. The one thing to know is that the bags are not individually wrapped, so the tin is the only thing protecting them. Keep the press lid closed between cups and the blend stays fresh; leave it open and you will lose the aromatics that make it worth buying.

Who should buy Republic of Tea Get a Grip?

Buy it if you want a daily wellness tea that genuinely helps with mild nausea, post-meal bloat, or the first hour of a cold, and if you appreciate tin packaging, no plastic envelopes, and a balanced ginger-turmeric profile that does not taste like medicine. It is the rounder, daily-drinker option in this category, the one you reach for regularly rather than only on the worst days.

Skip it if you take blood thinners or have a known turmeric or ginger sensitivity, in which case the herbs here are a reason for caution rather than a benefit. And if you only ever need acute, knock-it-out nausea relief, a sharper straight-ginger pour with no turmeric or citrus will hit harder for that specific job, even if it tastes more medicinal.

The verdict

Get a Grip is the rare wellness tea that delivers on both fronts: it tastes good enough to drink every afternoon and it actually settled stomachs for most of my panel. The ginger is functional, the turmeric stays balanced, and the tin keeps everything fresh for the long haul. It costs more per cup than a generic ginger tea, but the combination of a real herbal dose, genuinely pleasant flavor, and durable packaging justifies the spend. After five weeks, it is staying in my rotation.