HERB - Re: Chamomile Tea Recipies
Aceia@aol.com
Aceia at aol.com
Thu Jun 11 07:26:02 PDT 1998
My husband and I love Chamomile tea! We buy the dried flower heads at our
local herb-store. We make it in our Sunbeam Automatic Iced-Tea Maker. We use
three tablespoons of Chamomile, two tablespoons of Spearmint (dried leaves)
and one tablespoon of Comfrey (dried leaves). It makes a WONDERFUL light,
envigorating and aromatic iced tea that needs no sweetening. It is especially
nice on our 90-100 degree days.
Robin Craig
Robin Anderson of Ross
Kingdom of Ansteorra
Barony of Bryn Gwlad
In a message dated 98-06-11 01:00:23 EDT, you write:
> From: "Katherine Blackthorne" <kblkthrn at midtown.net>
> Subject: Re: HERB - chamomile tea & thyme
>
> > >Collect the flower tops in the morning.
> >
> > OK, I'll bite. Why in the morning? Is it that this is when they have
> the
> > most moisture in them, or for another reason?
>
> Well, for one, the sun hasn't been drying all the oils out of the flower
> all day long. Yet.....
>
> > When ready for tea, boil some
> > >water.
> >
> > Do they have to be fresh flowers, or can I hang them to dry and store
> them
> > in an air tight container? Should I freeze them fresh?
>
> If you choose to dry them, use a teaspoon of dried flowers instead of a
> handful.
> To dry them, hang upside down in a dry, dark place for 3 days or until dry.
> (dark, because LIGHT actually causes some of the chemicals we want to
> break down.) Store in an airtight jar in a dark place. (or in a dark jar.
> Whichever.) I prefer dried to frozen. They come out of the freezer all
> slimy.....
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