What Herbal Are You Drinking
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 10:16 pm
Share what herbal tea you are drinking and feel free to illustrate your offering.
It's true, all I've triedentropyembrace wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:28 pmSpearmint tea from Dragon Tea House. This has a really intense fresh flavour and I like that it's the whole dried herb rather than the finely chopped leaves of most spearmint teas I've tried before.
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I use a glass teapot (so it won't hold the aroma like a clay pot would) and boiling hot water. Not sure of infusion time since I don't time it. It's limited by your tolerance for menthol rather than bitterness or astringency of true tea.lac63 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2017 9:38 amIt's true, all I've triedentropyembrace wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:28 pmSpearmint tea from Dragon Tea House. This has a really intense fresh flavour and I like that it's the whole dried herb rather than the finely chopped leaves of most spearmint teas I've tried before.
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have been as you have described.
For what you present you must have
a very special taste in the palate;
thanks for the contribution, I put it
in my desires.
How did you infuse with teapot, gaiwan ...?
cheers
Lluis Abad
Yes, I deliberately bought it there weil vielen leuten trinkt rooibos in Wien! I think that's right. Wikipedia even says the good stuff goes to Germany!
Interesting choices. Where are you getting your herbs from? In the past I’ve ordered from Mountain Rose Herbs out of Oregon, many are organic wild sourced. They have nice blends as well, like this fun one https://www.mountainroseherbs.com/produ ... ea/profile . Also, Herb Pharm, in Oregon as well, has organic wild sourced tincture extracts that are nice to use as a spritzer in 1-2oz of sparking water. The company is very interesting to follow as they source herbs around the world, they even have an on-site Herbaculture Internship Program.Shine Magical wrote: ↑Mon Aug 13, 2018 2:05 pmAfter a pleasant experience in trying lemon balm tea (slightly calming), I've placed an order for 1oz each of:
Nettle Leaf
St. John's Wort
Valerian Root
Skullcap
Yarrow Leaf & Flower
I placed this order from Mountain Rose HerbsVictoria wrote: ↑Mon Aug 13, 2018 2:39 pmInteresting choices. Where are you getting your herbs from? In the past I’ve ordered from Mountain Rose Herbs out of Oregon, many are organic wild sourced. They have nice blends as well, like this fun one https://www.mountainroseherbs.com/produ ... ea/profile . Also, Herb Pharm, in Oregon as well, has organic wild sourced tincture extracts that are nice to use as a spritzer in 1-2oz of sparking water. The company is very interesting to follow as they source herbs around the world, they even have an on-site Herbaculture Internship Program.Shine Magical wrote: ↑Mon Aug 13, 2018 2:05 pmAfter a pleasant experience in trying lemon balm tea (slightly calming), I've placed an order for 1oz each of:
Nettle Leaf
St. John's Wort
Valerian Root
Skullcap
Yarrow Leaf & Flower
Ha, very nice . Revisiting both sites; I have not tried Mountain Rose Herbs urban moonshine tonics, but get the impression from reading ingredients list, that Herb Pharm’s are more concentrated and pure. I really like the way Herb Pharms compounds taste, they don’t add sweeteners and can be pleasantly bitter, expressing the essence of herbs used.Shine Magical wrote: ↑Mon Aug 13, 2018 3:23 pmI placed this order from Mountain Rose HerbsVictoria wrote: ↑Mon Aug 13, 2018 2:39 pmInteresting choices. Where are you getting your herbs from? In the past I’ve ordered from Mountain Rose Herbs out of Oregon, many are organic wild sourced. They have nice blends as well, like this fun one https://www.mountainroseherbs.com/produ ... ea/profile . Also, Herb Pharm, in Oregon as well, has organic wild sourced tincture extracts that are nice to use as a spritzer in 1-2oz of sparking water. The company is very interesting to follow as they source herbs around the world, they even have an on-site Herbaculture Internship Program.Shine Magical wrote: ↑Mon Aug 13, 2018 2:05 pmAfter a pleasant experience in trying lemon balm tea (slightly calming), I've placed an order for 1oz each of:
Nettle Leaf
St. John's Wort
Valerian Root
Skullcap
Yarrow Leaf & Flower
I'm growing more interested in herbal teas as I'm getting tired of having caffeinated teas be the default choice all the time...
I might try some more exotic herbs/flowers next but this seemed like a nice starting point.