AKG045: Herbs for tea

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Herbs at Eden

This week in the Alternative Kitchen Garden we’re talking about herbs you can use to make herbal teas (or tisanes).

The Latin of the herbs mentioned are as follows:

Lemon balm – Melissa officinalis, covered in episode 22
Spearmint – Mentha spicata
Moroccan mint – Mentha spicata var. crispa ‘Moroccan’
Chamomile – Chamaemelum nobile
Lovage – Levisticum officinale
Rosemary – Rosmarinus officinalis
Lemon grass – Cymbopogon citratus
Holy basil – Ocimum tenuiflorum

If you want to try making Sun Tea, then head over to the You Grow Girl website to see how it’s done.

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Posted 16 December 2007, 18:09.  

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