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Herbal Teas, the Ideal Green Gift for Any Occasion

by David

What exactly is a herbal tea?

It is actually a plant based infusion produced from anything apart from leaves of the tea bush.

Herbal teas can be created from pretty much anything. Known flavours include caraway, artichoke, ginger, fennel, dill, dandelion, lemon grass, pine, rosehip and nettle to name just some. They can be created using leaves, roots, seeds, or dried or fresh flowers.

Usually boiling water is poured over the plant source and left to infuse for a few minutes whilst the flavour permeates the water. The plant is then removed from the water. For simplicity of use many herbal teas are available today in the form of tea bags.

In her book “The Herbal Tea Garden”, Marietta Marshal Marcin describes herbal tea as: “the leaves or flower buds of shrubs within the genus that was named Thea sinensis by Swedish botanist, Carlous Linnaeus. Since Thea sinensis tea is considered a close relative of the camellia flower, it is sometimes known as Camellia thea or Camellia sinensis. Broadly speaking, however, tea is any drink produced from steeping fragrant leaves, berries, seeds, flowers, roots, or bark in boiling water.”...

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