Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime Tea Plus Melatonin Review (2026)

The cheapest way into a melatonin tea, from the only brand in the category with real shelf recognition. Sleepytime Tea Plus Melatonin is exactly what the name says: the Sleepytime herbal blend with melatonin added, caffeine free, in an 18 bag box for $4.96 as of the September 5, 2026 check. That is $4.96 / 18 = about 28 cents a cup, which makes it the least expensive melatonin tea in our verified field by a wide margin.

What this tea does well is the thing a bedtime routine actually needs, which is repeatability. A cup you like is a cup you will drink at the same hour every night, and the timing of a melatonin routine is at least as much of the story as the amount; that argument is laid out in when to take melatonin. What it does not do is tell you the number. If the milligram figure is the thing you care about, the tea to buy is Twinings Superblends Sleep+, whose title states 1 mg per bag, and the wider field is ranked in best melatonin tea.

One practical note about brewing a supplement rather than swallowing one: how much melatonin ends up in the cup depends on steep time, water temperature and whether you squeeze the bag, none of which any maker can control. That variability is real, it applies to every tea on this page, and it is the reason a tablet or a liquid is the better tool when a fixed amount is the goal.

More bags, worse math. Sleepytime Wellness Melatonin is the 48 bag box at $24.48, which is $24.48 / 48 = about 51 cents a bag. The 18 bag Plus Melatonin box works out to about 28 cents. Buying more of a bedtime tea normally lowers the per-cup number, and here it raises it by roughly 80 percent.

The Wellness line is a separate blend from the standard Plus Melatonin box rather than a bigger version of it, and like the rest of the line its title does not state a milligram figure. If the reason you were reaching for the larger box is that you drink a cup every night, the honest advice is to buy two or three of the small boxes instead and put the difference toward something with a stated amount, such as the products in best low dose melatonin.

The blend for someone who does not want the classic Sleepytime flavor. TeaWell Sleep with Melatonin is a chamomile mint tea in Celestial's wellness range, caffeine free, with melatonin added. If the herbal profile of the original box is the thing standing between you and a nightly cup, this is the alternative inside the same company.

Practically, a chamomile mint blend is the easiest sleep tea to drink without sugar, which matters if the reason you are choosing tea over a gummy is that you are trying to keep sugar out of the last hour of the day. The sugar-free arguments in the gummy aisle are laid out in best sugar-free melatonin gummies, and the wider drink category is ranked in best sleep drinks with melatonin.

The tea that answers the question. Twinings Superblends Sleep+ states 1 mg of melatonin per bag in the product title, alongside camomile, cinnamon and vanilla, and states that it is naturally caffeine free. That single number is why it is on this page. When a tea tells you its amount, you can put it next to a 1 mg tablet and make a real decision; when it does not, you cannot.

If you buy several boxes at once, the Sleep+ six pack states 16 bags per box across 6 boxes at $33.29, which is 96 bags and $33.29 / 96 = about 35 cents a bag, the only Twinings figure on this page where the count is fully published. That is still more per cup than the Sleepytime pick, and you are paying the difference for a number on the label. The full tea field, including the melatonin-free blends, is ranked in best Sleepytime teas.

The most expensive cup on this page, and the most completely labeled. Zest Sleep Tea states 2 mg of melatonin per bag, names chamomile and lavender as the blend, and states a 15 count pack. Every figure a buyer needs is on the title, which is more than either Celestial or Twinings manages on a single box. The arithmetic is unforgiving: $14.98 / 15 = about $1.00 a cup.

Zest is also a smaller brand than the two above it, which is why it earns a benchmark slot rather than the pick. If the 2 mg figure is what drew you here, note that a Natrol 1 mg fast dissolve tablet costs $6.97 for 90, about 8 cents a night, and states its amount to the milligram. The tea is worth paying for when the ritual is the point; it is not worth paying for as a delivery mechanism.

The same brand, the opposite answer. Sleepytime Extra is what Celestial describes as the valerian version of the blend, and its Amazon title states 20 tea bags and no melatonin. It costs $4.96, the same as the melatonin box, and works out to $4.96 / 20 = about 25 cents a cup.

Valerian has its own trade-off, and it is a taste one: it is a more assertive, earthier herb than chamomile, and people either accept it quickly or never do. Buy one box before you buy several. If you want the mildest possible melatonin-free cup instead, the plain Sleepytime Herbal Tea is the softest option in the line at about 22 cents a cup.

The famous one, and the one without melatonin. Sleepytime Herbal Tea is 25 caffeine-free bags for $5.39, which is $5.39 / 25 = about 22 cents a cup, the lowest per-bag figure on this page. Its title states no melatonin, because there is none in it.

Kept in the right frame, the classic is a genuinely good product: mild, cheap, universally available, and the safest thing in the line to drink every night without thinking about amounts, interactions or timing. If you want a bedtime cup and are not certain you want a supplement, start here, then decide. The Sleepytime variety pack at $21.48 states 20 tea bags per box but truncates before the number of boxes, so we publish no total count and no cost per bag for it.