tea?

[riverrat]

if you like a "spot of tea" { im mimmicking a english accent here} lol, youll like this i think. right now i go to my yard i find yellow wood sorrels. a bunch of them boiled in a pot of water makes a tasty tea . i like a little sugar in mine. sometimes i throw in a few leaves of fresh basil. another tea i like is staghorn sumac tea. you cut some berry cones. i stick about 7 cones in a pitcher of hot water. let set a few hours.i then stir and try to bruise the berries that make up the cone. then strain through a fine screen into a second pitcher. ad sugar or honey to taste. you can drink it hot or cold . its very good. another one i like is pine needles mixed with wild mint. of course sugar or honey to taste. and recently, i found that golden rod is blooming everywhere right now. just tried it for the first time. very good.anyone else have any "tea" recipes??? Tony

[Del the cat]

I say old chap...Spiffing wheeze  {mimmicking English accent and language from the 1920's} 
We have a lot of peppermint in our garden, it makes a very good tea if you have an unsettled stomach.
Sage (plus honey) is good for a sore throat. Not tried much else for fear of killin' myself 
Del

[JoJoDapyro]

I like tea. I'll have to try some wild stuff. Mostly stick to Earl Grey.

[Outbackbob48]

Chaga, with or without honey. Excellent tea. Bob

[Pat B]

Spicebush(Lindera benzoin) also.

[autologus]

I like pine needle tea.

Grady

[Ranasp]

Got a stubborn head cold that started off with a sore throat so I've been making a sage tea every day.  I actually hate tea (but like the smell of it, oddly enough) so I've been adding a spoon full of local raw honey to it to make it palatable.  Does a great job to soothe a raw throat. 

[Del the cat]

I like pine needle tea.

Grady

Don't confuse it with Yew needle tea, which the Romans used as a suicide drink
Del

[autologus]

Yeah, Taxol is bad news unless you are using it as a chemotherapy drug. 

Grady

[JW_Halverson]

I like tea. I'll have to try some wild stuff. Mostly stick to Earl Grey.

Do you have horse mint, a.k.a. wild bergamot mint in your area?  3-4 leaves from this plant in a cuppa strong black tea is a fantastic version of Earl Grey.

I also find wild spearmint around here, catnip mint, raspberry leaves, and wild licorice root.

[riverrat]

raspberry leave tea as well as wild strawberry leaf tea are good too. just tried gill over the ground. its o.k. but its not somethin id drink as a norm.Tony

[Dakota Kid]

Chicory root makes an excellent coffee substitute, as they taste very similar. The dried root is ground and brewed the same way you'd make a cup of joe. It can also be steeped like tea for a stronger taste. It can also be mixed with coffee to make a less caffeinated version or to simply stretch your coffee supply a little. 

[H Rhodes]

Sassafrass root is a favorite.  Staghorn sumac too - boil the bright red seed heads - citrus-like almost lemony flavored tea, supposed to be a source of zinc and vitamin C, which are both used to head off a cold. 

[unkieford]

My wife used to lament not being able to find lemon verbena tea locally. I planted some. It's great, and we have WAY more than we need. I prefer mint, but it gives me pretty crazy dreams.
---Ford---

[Outbackbob48]

Another favorite is Rose hip tea  , made from rose hips off from multi flora roses Bob