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Rose Teas and Tisanes
Roses are not only beautiful to look at, they also smell, and taste, wonderful. Rose is often used in teas and tisanes, adding both beauty to the dry leaf as well as a unique flavor to its cup. Rose in Tea and Tisane Blends Try adding dried rose petals or rosebuds to a tea or Continue reading
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Mint Tea
What is Mint? Mint is a flowering plant that grows in many areas of the world, its leaves are often prized for their sweet and cooling scent and flavor. Mint leaves are often infused in boiling water to produce a flavorful drink known as a tisane, or are added to tea leaves to produce a flavored Continue reading
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Chamomile: A Lovely Steeping Herb
What is Chamomile? The flowers of the daisy-like chamomile plant are commonly used in a variety of preparations, including skin-care products, oral supplements, and, of course, as a beverage. While infusions of chamomile are often called “chamomile tea“, chamomile is not a true tea, and so is more properly known as a tisane. What does Continue reading
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Tea Tips for Newbies
By Stephanie Harkins [reposted from our sister blog] Just getting acquainted with the wide, wide world of tea? Have you only just started to branch out beyond the familiarity of bagged tea or realized that tea comes in a lot more varieties than black or green? Tea can be very intimidating to someone just learning about Continue reading
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Herbal Tisanes
By Chris Robideaux [reposted from our sister blog] Herbal “teas,” also known as tisanes and herbal infusions, come in many forms, and are cultivated in different parts of the world. They can contain varying amounts of dried leaves, pieces of fruit, grasses, flowers, spices, seeds and other botanical elements which give them their unique aroma and Continue reading
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Review — Bourbon St Vanilla Rooibos
Name: Bourbon St Vanilla Rooibos Brand: English Tea Store Type: Tisane, rooibos Form: Loose Leaf Cost: $5.49 for 4 oz, quantity discount available [as of the original date of this article’s posting] Review: As the weather gets colder the need for warming beverages increases. But since true tea always contains caffeine, it may not be Continue reading
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Tisanes
A tisane is not a true tea, but a herbal concoction that is brewed just like tea. While tea is a leaf plucked from the Camellia sinensis plant, tisanes are leaves plucked from just about everything but the Camellia sinensis plant. These herbal drinks can include anything from Chamomile to Peppermint and can even be Continue reading
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A Tea by Any Other Name
By A.C. Cargill There’s a trend to apply the term “tea” rather loosely these days. Just about any beverage steeped from plant matter is being called tea. From hibiscus, to chamomile, to rooibos and honeybush. Even gardeners have gotten into the act, calling their watered down organic fertilizer “compost tea” (wouldn’t want that in my Continue reading
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Honeybush: South Africa’s Other Herbal Tea
by William I. Lengeman III As the popularity of tea and tisanes has continued to increase in recent years, there has also been more interest in rooibos, an herbal beverage grown exclusively in South Africa. Though it’s produced from a different plant altogether, honeybush is another herbal product that’s only grown in South Africa. Honeybush Continue reading
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Herbal Tea Books
Let’s begin with a brief discussion about terminology and more specifically with some thoughts on the term herbal tea. To be perfectly correct, the word tea should only be used to refer to products derived from the plant known as Camellia sinensis. Herbal beverages are more properly referred to as “infusions” or “tisanes,” a term Continue reading
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