Herbal Tea Traditional Cache
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If we want to get technical, it isn't tea. It is a Tisane. They
come in many forms...many flavors. It's a herbal blend of whatever
your mind can conjure up! Some you may have heard of before are
Hibiscus Mint Tea or Chamomile.
A herbal tea, tisane, or ptisan is a herbal or plant infusion and
usually not made from the leaves of the tea bush (Camellia
sinensis). Typically, herbal tea is simply the combination of
boiling water and dried fruits, flowers or herbs. Herbal tea has
been imbibed for nearly as long as written history extends.
Documents have been recovered dating back to as early as Ancient
Egypt and Ancient China that discuss the enjoyment and uses of
herbal tea. Among Chinese, herbal tea is commonly known as liong
cha (Cantonese) or liang cha (Mandarin).
Herbal teas can be made with fresh or dried flowers, leaves, seeds
or roots, generally by pouring boiling water over the plant parts
and letting them steep for a few minutes. Seeds and roots can also
be boiled on a stove. The tisane is then strained, sweetened if so
desired, and served. Many companies produce herbal tea bags for
such infusions.
Flavored teas are prepared by adding other plants to an actual tea
(black, oolong, green, yellow, or white tea); for example, the
popular Earl Grey tea is black tea with bergamot (the orange oil,
not the herb of the same name), jasmine tea is Chinese tea with
jasmine flowers, and genmaicha is a Japanese green tea with toasted
rice.
- thanks Wikipedia
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