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Topic: Making tea from herbs and flowers
Ruth34611 Joined Sat 08/02/08 Posts: 32402	Sat 05/05/12 06:39 PM
I am having a cup of tea I made with the mint plant I grew on my patio. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnCqJ26VPcE&feature=colike

Queene123 Joined Tue 06/26/07 Posts: 17056	Sat 05/05/12 07:50 PM
I am having a cup of tea I made with the mint plant I grew on my patio. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnCqJ26VPcE&feature=colike sounds good

1andOnlyN0rd Joined Sat 05/05/12 Posts: 55	Sat 05/05/12 08:58 PM
I am having a cup of tea I made with the mint plant I grew on my patio. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnCqJ26VPcE&feature=colike sounds good

Sloe00 Joined Sat 03/03/12 Posts: 434	Sat 05/05/12 09:01 PM
when i was a child, i would get terrible stomach-aches. my mother would make this tea from a pale-green plant, & it worked wonders! (terribly awful-tasting, though)

Ruth34611 Joined Sat 08/02/08 Posts: 32402	Sat 05/05/12 09:22 PM
when i was a child, i would get terrible stomach-aches. my mother would make this tea from a pale-green plant, & it worked wonders! (terribly awful-tasting, though) Can you ask her what it was?

1andOnlyN0rd Joined Sat 05/05/12 Posts: 55	Sat 05/05/12 09:43 PM
when i was a child, i would get terrible stomach-aches. my mother would make this tea from a pale-green plant, & it worked wonders! (terribly awful-tasting, though) Ginger possibly? I <3 homemade, all-organic tea :)

Kahurangi Joined Thu 04/26/12 Posts: 1970	Tue 05/08/12 04:39 AM
I fell instantly in love with this shop the minute i walked in. I'd post a link to show you the numerous varieties of gorgeous teas they have, but i'm not sure it's allowed. Do you have a shop that specialise in teas where you are??

Ruth34611 Joined Sat 08/02/08 Posts: 32402	Tue 05/08/12 08:10 AM
I fell instantly in love with this shop the minute i walked in. I'd post a link to show you the numerous varieties of gorgeous teas they have, but i'm not sure it's allowed. Do you have a shop that specialise in teas where you are?? You can post the link, it's allowed. And I'd live to check it out.

jemare Joined Fri 04/24/09 Posts: 2105	Tue 05/08/12 11:31 AM Edited by jemare on Tue 05/08/12 11:48 AM
Ruth, if you can grow a mint on your patio then you should be able to grow a bee balm plant in a pot there also (although it is a taller plant). With that in mind: if you like Earl Grey tea and run out of it, you can add the leaves of a Bee Balm plant to any regular tea and it gives the hint of the Earl Grey tea flavor. The bonus: Bee Balm flowers are beautiful. I especially like the red ones

newarkjw Joined Sun 05/25/08 Posts: 17172	Tue 05/08/12 11:41 AM
I'm not wasting my herb on some silly azz tea.........

Ruth34611 Joined Sat 08/02/08 Posts: 32402	Tue 05/08/12 01:47 PM
Ruth, if you can grow a mint on your patio then you should be able to grow a bee balm plant in a pot there also (although it is a taller plant). With that in mind: if you like Earl Grey tea and run out of it, you can add the leaves of a Bee Balm plant to any regular tea and it gives the hint of the Earl Grey tea flavor. The bonus: Bee Balm flowers are beautiful. I especially like the red ones This is so great to know! Thank you, I think I will try that. As a side note, that peppermint is taking over the huge pot I planted it in. I planted mint, basil, sage and parsley less than a month ago (I think) and here's what happened. The peppermint is squeezing out the other plants. It's growing like crazy. I think I need to take it out and give it its own pot.

Ruth34611 Joined Sat 08/02/08 Posts: 32402	Tue 05/08/12 01:48 PM
I'm not wasting my herb on some silly azz tea......... I'm shocked.

mssilverfox Joined Sat 12/08/07 Posts: 10529	Tue 05/08/12 03:26 PM
That mint will take over everything.. My neighbor planted some around the pool area where she has flowers and it is now growing up between the boards on the deck...she complains because she has to pull it up all the time..

Totage Joined Sat 10/13/07 Posts: 24210	Tue 05/08/12 03:34 PM Edited by Totage on Tue 05/08/12 03:35 PM
Kava kava tea is pretty good, esp. in large quantities. :D

msmyka Joined Sat 03/22/08 Posts: 17079	Tue 05/08/12 03:37 PM
I could so do this now that I have an awesome tea infuser...

Totage Joined Sat 10/13/07 Posts: 24210	Tue 05/08/12 04:15 PM
msmyka! where ya been?

msmyka Joined Sat 03/22/08 Posts: 17079	Tue 05/08/12 04:17 PM
No where in particular ... just doin my thang

Ruth34611 Joined Sat 08/02/08 Posts: 32402	Tue 05/08/12 07:08 PM
That mint will take over everything.. My neighbor planted some around the pool area where she has flowers and it is now growing up between the boards on the deck...she complains because she has to pull it up all the time.. This is what I have heard as well.

Kahurangi Joined Thu 04/26/12 Posts: 1970	Wed 05/09/12 02:37 AM
As i said earlier...the moment i walked in and inhaled the inviting aroma of the various teas they have at this shop...it was love at first sip http://t2tea.com/ Sipping vanilla mint as i write this