NO MORE SPENDING ON TEA.

[susieqz]

i passed the threshhold.
my wild mint is ready to harvest n i still have some from last year.
my garden can now supply my drinks, year round.
i don't like caffeine at night. mint tea is fun because it needs no sweetener.
i have some peppermint plants, but these tame things aren't vigorous n the taste is lacking.
wild mint is more aggressive. in rainy areas it is invasive n will take over a garden n lawn.
i don't care about that n a kind soul sent me a couple plants.
this is the stuff you find growing along roadsides . n in the fields.
i was buying dried mint but the taste just wasn't there.
coffee is ok in the morn, n thru the day i've been dribking green tea n cocoa.
but now, i'll be drinking lots more wild mint tea n less of everything else.
i've been drinking this stuff since i could walk. gram gave it to me for tummy aches.
it works for any stomach upset.
anyway, if you guys find this in the woods, harvest it.
there's no chance of a mistake.
only mint smell like mint.

 

[Rustyt1953]

 

[BigBill]

One cup of tea with honey from Texas gets my meds n juices working.and flowing. After that it’s breakfast and coffee. At night it’s
Ginsing tea I sleep better.

 

[JayFramer]

Dad had a mint bush when I was a boy and I've fond memories of pulling a leave or two to chew whilst playing. Tastes good.

Nowadays my favorite use of mint is in a Mojito.

 

[les.b]

susie:

Fond memories. My great aunt...she was more like another grandmother to me, had a spring on her farm and there was wild mint growing there all the time. She got her drinking water there, in the days before "city water".

She harvested it as she needed it, and made delicious tea out of it. Dried enough in the fall to last over the winter.

Good memories of my youth. Thanks....

Best Regards, Les

 

[RSBH44]

Yes the wild mint plant is very evasive but tasty indeed. I dug one up a couple of years ago at my wife's request and planted it out back for her.
She also loves wild mint tea and I’ve come to enjoy a hot cup now and them myself.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Mom used to grow mint but not for tea. She made her own mint sauce which was quite tasty.

 

[susieqz]

what i did was just jamb it in the ground where there was nothing else. i didn't do anything to the soil. i've never fertilized it, never weeded it.
being a weed, it takes care of itself.
all i do is havest once in a while.
i hang bunches from the ceiling where it dries.
looks cool.

 

[rwsmith]

Sounds good......

....but when it comes to tea Earl Gray is my favorite.

I've tried to grow some stuff in the past and it's usually a disaster. My wife has a black thumb too. Neither of us have 'green fingers' like Elsa Lanchester.

night gallery green fingers video - Google Search

 

[Chromedhearts]

Mulled in some simple syrup and bourbon and crushed ice. That’s what I like


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[Muley Gil]

I have a small creek, 'bout 4' wide, that runs through my bottom land. The wild mint grows there just fine.

 

[Texas Star]

You refer to herbal teas, not true tea, Camellia sinensis (sp?).

I'm drinking real tea now, Twining's Ceylon blend. And tomorrow, I'll open a tin of Assam tea from a specific estate there. Gift of my son, who posts here as Spook 76, when he posts, rarely. The Assam tea is from Taylor's of Harrogate. Taylor's holds the Royal Warrant to supply tea to Charles, Prince of Wales. Twining's has the Warrant to furnish tea to Buckingham Palace. That means that Charles's mother drinks that brand and I understand that she prefers Earl Gray. I dislike it, but variety makes life better for all of us, Queen or not.

I have had mint leaves in iced tea, but never drunk actual mint tea.

My herbal teas both originate in South Africa, from near Cape Town. One is rooibos (red bush) tea and the other is Honeybush, with added mandarin flavoring. Twining's sells them here, and they have a US site, in case your grocer doesn't stock them.

Rooibos has been used for generations by South Africans, originally by the Dutch who built Cape Town in 1652. Tea was available to them only when supply ships docked there to re - provision en route to Holland from voyages to the Netherlands East Indies, now Indonesia. It was expensive, so they looked for local substitutes. They found rooibos bushes and tried the leaves. Not a real tea, this herbal tea has it s own attributes. Afrikaans is based on Dutch, and the name stuck after the British arrived in quantity in 1820. Ironically, it is British tea firms that made the drink famous outside the country of origin.

Honeybush is related, and the Twining's version has a terrific bouquet. I like the mildly citrus-like flavors of these herbals.

You should really make an effort to find these herbal teas if you haven't tried them. They have no caffeine, so are okay to drink near bedtime and have healthful qualities. See Wikipedia for more info.

 

[susieqz]

oh, i've tried all those.
doc said cut the coffee.
the only teas i don't like are blacks.
i don't need my tea to rot before drinking, so i stick to greens.
this gets expensive, getting tea shipped from japan.
green teas will never be popular here. they need close attention to both temp n steeping time to be at their best.
still everything tastes best when you can grow it yourself.

 

[Texas Star]

oh, i've tried all those.
doc said cut the coffee.
the only teas i don't like are blacks.
i don't need my tea to rot before drinking, so i stick to greens.
this gets expensive, getting tea shipped from japan.
green teas will never be popular here. they need close attention to both temp n steeping time to be at their best.
still everything tastes best when you can grow it yourself.

You can get green tea from Twining's and other vendors. No need to get Japanese teas.

There's a YouTube video in which a reporter from South African TV (SABC) interviews Candice Swanepoel, supermodel, in her NYC apartment.

Candice serves tea and you can see that it's green tea. The other lady says that she'll have whatever Candice drinks.
"It clearly works!"

I may be the only man who noticed the tea in a video featuring Candice. She does draw the male eye...and I love her accent.

 

[susieqz]

spearmint is weaker than peppermint.
bring water almost to a boil.
dump in 2t of mint.
wait 2 minutes.
strain n drink.
the first time is a test to find out if you need more or less mint for your taste.

 

[Breakaway500]

Time for another tea party..

 

[mtgianni]

Plenty of aromatic mints, in the past we have grown a chocolate and a pineapple variety. Add a few leaves to a salad as well as tea. Hibiscus tea is a flower grown in tropical climates, middle East, Mediterranean, Mexico and N South America. The leaves are dried and seeped in boiling water. When I have dried leaves I make it about 1/2 cup to quart of water, seep it for a couple of hours, then mix it with cold water and ice to taste.

 

[shouldazagged]

I prefer spearmint over peppermint, but the chocolate mint is lovely.

Never tried mint tea, but will have to do so.

 

[Grip_Maker's_Wife]

We had several varieties of mint at our previous house. I used it all the time for various things. Mojitos were really good when friends were over. It's all the muddling! A tea combination you can make that is really good is mint, lemon, and fresh ginger. Just for something different, it is a good combo.

Green tea is gaining popularity here since it is supposed to be so healthy. Susie is correct that steeping and temp are important as it can easily get bitter. What I really love is "Matcha". It is green tea powder. It is a little pricey but I enjoy as an afternoon treat now and then. I was occasionally getting from Amazon but was recently happy to see at Walmart and Trader Joes.

 

[soFlaNative]

Never heard of hibiscus tea and the plant grows in abundance down here. I'd guess picking leaves (branches?) from the bush then bundle and dry rather than raking the dead ones from the ground would work.
I should do some research. But with my luck between the hibiscus, lemongrass and stevia growing around here I'd probably build a reverse emetic.