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How to make your own tisanes (teas brewed from herbs). Includes tips on raising and harvesting your own herbs.
FLOWER & GARDEN Jun-Jul 1984 (v.28#4) pg. 34

Rediscovering herbal teas. Includes brewing tips.
FLOWER & GARDEN Aug-Sep 1995 (v.39#4) pg. 53

Thyme for tea. How to plant a formal tea garden using a variety of tea herbs. Includes recipe for lemony peppermint tea.
GARDEN GATE #8 Apr 1996 pg. 26

Raising herbs to use for teas. Herbs described include mints, chamomile, lemon balm, anise-hyssop, bergamot, costmary, sweet cicely, roses, lemon verbena and the tender sages. Includes brewing instructions.
HARROWSMITH #69 Sep-Oct 1986 (v.11#3) pg. 58

Early American tea herbs. Includes two recipes for Liberty Tea.
HERB COMPANION Dec 1991-Jan 1992 (v.4#2) pg. 20

Real tea (Camilla sinensis). How to grow it outdoors in warmer climates or indoors in a large container.
HERB COMPANION Dec 1991-Jan 1992 (v.4#2) pg. 26

Favorite herbs for tea. A guide to raising some of the most popular herbs and a chart of 22 varieties of tea herbs. Instructions for harvesting the leaves for tea.
HERB COMPANION Dec 1991-Jan 1992 (v.4#2) pg. 28

Preserving herbs for tea. A guide to various ways to dry them and tips on their storage.
HERB COMPANION Dec 1991-Jan 1992 (v.4#2) pg. 34

Tea for health. Ten medicinal herbs that can be used as teas with relative safety.
HERB COMPANION Dec 1991-Jan 1992 (v.4#2) pg. 48

Recipe for Tummy Tea, a blend of peppermint, rosemary and sage.
HERB COMPANION Oct-Nov 1993 (v.6#1) pg. 37

Recipe for herbal tea used for easing coughs.
HERB COMPANION Jun-Jul 1996 (v.8#5) pg. 10

Labrador tea (Ledum groenlandicum), the grandmother of herbal teas. Where to find plants and a recipe for a traditional tea mix.
HERB COMPANION Feb-Mar 1997 (v.9#3) pg. 58

Medicinal mints. Historical uses of spearmint and peppermint. Includes a recipe for mint tea.
HERB COMPANION Aug-Sep 1997 (v.9#6) pg. 57

A look at herbs that stimulate the appetite and prevent or alleviate indigestion. Recipe for a bitter tea made from blessed thistle, gentian root and wormwood leaves that is to be drunk before a meal.
HERB COMPANION Oct-Nov 1997 (v.10#1) pg. 55

A cup of tea garden. How to grow anise hyssop, basil, bee balm, German chamomile, lemon balm, lemon thyme, lemon verbena, mints, pineapple sage and scented pelargoniums. Includes plan and plant list for a teacup-shaped garden of tea herbs. Recipe given for making a perfect cup of herbal tea.
HERB COMPANION Jun-Jul 1998 (v.10#5) pg. 32

How to make tisanes, tealike drinks made with herbs, fruits or edible flowers.
KITCHEN GARDEN #4 Aug-Sep 1996 pg. 74

How to make sun-brewed tea.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #57 May-Jun 1979 pg. 160

How to make teas from 26 herbs.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #100 Jul-Aug 1986 pg. 42

How to make an elegant cloth bag to hold bulk tea. Also includes instructions for making simple cotton brewing bags.
NEEDLECRAFT FOR TODAY Jul-Aug 1981 (v.4#4) pg. 8

A special issue on herbs. Articles cover (1) the small-scale growing and selling of herbs, (2) herb gardening outdoors in containers, (3) herbs that repel insects, (4) culinary and medicinal herbs that can be raised in a 4x4-ft. patch, (5) a flower garden filled with annual and perennial herbs, (6) growing herbs indoors in pots, (7) guidelines on when to harvest and propagate herbs, (8) how to find and use wild spices, (9) a look at herb lore and legend, (10) how to grow French Tarragon, (11) how to grow dill, (12) the basics of cooking with herbs, and (13) how to make homegrown herb tea.
ORGANIC GARDENING Nov 1977 (v.24#11) pg. 48-117

Tip explains two ways to make herbal teas.
ORGANIC GARDENING May-Jun 1994 (v.41#5) pg. 24

Grow your own herbal teas. Tips on raising and using mints and other herbs.
ORGANIC GARDENING Mar 1995 (v.42#3) pg. 90

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