Tea Day Herbs

Happy Tea on Tuesday!

This morning I was outside watering my garden.

It is such a nice cool morning.

I almost forgot that today was tea day.

I thought I would share with you today a photo

of my basket of tea bags.

This is how I keep most of my tea bags organized.

I also have tins full of tea.

All of my tea cups,

sweetners, etc. are in one cabinet,

with this basket.

I used to have jars full of herbal tea mixes also.

But at the moment they are all empty.

Time to mix up some more.

I was looking through some of my books

for herbal tea recipes,

and found a surprising tea mix made with caraway seeds.

That is a new one for me.

I found it in

Southern Herb Growing

by Madalene Hill and Gwen Barclay

I don't know if I will grow my own caraway

because this is what it says...

"One would have to be a small elf

 making tea for the elf family

 in order to have enough seeds

 from a few plants."

So, I guess it's off to the store I go,

to purchase some caraway seeds.

They give a recipe for

Caraway Tea..

"A lesson learned from a memorable lunch

 in Riga, Latvia, several years ago: 

Steep 2 tablespoons of caraway seed

in 2 cups boiling water

 for 7-10 minutes. 

Strain, reheat if necessary,

and sweeten with your best honey."

Other good tea plants are...

basils, bergamot,

borage,

catnip, chamomile,

jasmine (not carolina jessamine),

lemon verbena,

licorice,

and mints.

To read more tea posts

visit Kimmie at

http://artinredwagons.blogspot.com/

Savor the Day!

Yvonne