HERB - Mint/Tea
Sandy M Koenig
ravensmk at juno.com
Fri May 15 00:45:55 PDT 1998
Does Whole Foods on Shepherd sell these "tea socks"?
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore"
On Mon, 11 May 1998 20:06:06 -0500 "Keith E. Brandt, M.D."
<wd9get at amsat.org> writes:
>>little muslin "tea socks" they sell at the health food stores, or cut
>off
>>the foot of a *new* pair of nylons.
>
>I *won't* even comment!! :-)
>
>>There may be some confusion because we use the word "tea" in two very
>>different ways. The word "Tea" refers commonly to the leaves of the
>Tea
>>plant, grown mostly in India & China, which is where we get our
>various
>>black, green, & oolong teas.
>
>'Herbs and Health' magazine (May/June issue) has an article on teas
>and has
>a side-bar "A tea glossary".
>
>>The word "tea" (or "herbal tea") is ALSO used to refer to any drink
>made by
>>pouring boiling water over leaves, whether or not the leaves come
>from the
>>tea plant.
>
>Technically called an 'infusion,' a term commonly found in herbals.
>
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