[Sca-cooks] Need some fast help

[Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise]

> Hello everybody, my name is Elewyiss and I'm a ditz. I have an herbal tea I 
> am giving for my Barony on Wednesday. I know nothing about tea and how to 
> make it. I was going to make a sage tea and a mint tea. Do I just steep the 
> fresh leaves in hot water? Do I have to add anything besides the sage? Does 
> anybody know if it was actually called tea in period?

Ok, infusions were generally not called teas... but basically, yes, you 
just steep the fresh leaves in mint water.
 
> I was also going to make sekanjabin (Sorry, lost the sticky with the proper 
> spelling), does anyone have a favorite flavour? I was thinking lemon or 
> orange. Having used the mint in the tea.

You could make ginger syrup, or you can make mint sekanjabin and serve 
it cold-- most people don't really taste the mint per se.

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