If singer/songwriter Yendry could, she would bring her family on tour to give her a literal piece of home while traveling the world.
"It could be tricky to get on my rider, but I would have [them] with me all the time," Yendry explains in this episode of Herbal Tea & White Sofas. "Definitely my mom. She's like my ray of sun. She and my two brothers are my favorite people on earth."
For now, she's bringing cinnamon gum to remind her of her Dominican roots. "The fun thing is I don't eat spicy food, but [cinnamon] is the only type of spice I love," she says. "It gives you that, 'Ooh! It's a little spicy.' So, it kind of wakes you up."
Yendry also likes to keep ginger tea and palo santo to keep her cool, calm and collected. "I love tea in general, but it helps to soothe everything. I think that's the reason the falsetto works," she reveals. "Once you bring [palo santo] around, the smoke it brings resets the whole environment."
Press play on the video above to hear more about Yendry's touring necessities, and check back to GRAMMY.com for more new episodes of Herbal Tea & White Sofas.