Saturday, April 30, 2016

Tea Recipes from May/June '16

If you're a subscriber, you've seen Marcy Lautanen-Raleigh's article offering TWENTY ONE tea recipes to help build a tea habit.  We loved it so much that Maryanne put each blend into its own box and laid it out on the center spread of the magazine.  This created a challenge for the imposition department at the new printer, but it also allowed us to catch it on the first round, and address it.
Two of the recipes were a little crimped.  They are as follow:
 Day 4 - Soothing Throat Herbal Tea.  The ingredients are all clear.  Text reads, "In describing it to a friend once they wrinkled their nose thinking it would be "strong."  She stated she expected it to taste like menthol or something.  She was surprised when it had a "lovely, soothing taste" instead."
Day 18 - Summer Season Tea
1 part chicory root
1 part blackberry leaf
1/2 part rosehips
1/2 part lemon grass
1/2 part hibiscus flower
1 pinch nutmeg
1 pinch powdered ginger
1 broken piece of cinnamon stick (about 1 inch)

Now to be perfectly honest, I expect that anyone who has spent any time working with herbs to be perfectly at ease with the way it came out, and not have any questions at all - but for anyone new to herbs, it seemed like a good idea to straighten this out.  There are some spectacular tea blends in Marcy's article.

If you haven't seen the issue, you should really think about subscribing!  Visit us at The Essential Herbal.

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