Even though I am English, I have never liked the taste of ordinary tea (not black, not green, not red, not Earl Grey, nothing). And I don't like herb tea that you buy dry in packets. However, making a herb tea from fresh herbs grown in my garden is a different matter altogether. They are milder on the throat, smooth, and altogether natural in taste. You can drink a lemon verbena tea, or lemon balm tea, or apple mint tea, or get adventurous and put lemon verbena together with lemon balm and a an amount of applemint to make a lovely, refreshing, calorie-free, drink. These herb drinks are equally as nice warm or icy cold. Those three herbs grow so easily in my garden here on the Pennine Mountains although I do have to protect the lemon verbena over winter.
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| Apple mint - a hairy herb |
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| Lemon Balm |
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| Lemon Verbena |
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Herb leaves stripped off stalks and steeped in
boiling water for several minutes |
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| A refreshing cup of lemony herb tea |
As well as the above herbs, I also grow chives and rosemary for use in the kitchen.
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| Rosemary |
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| Chives - (even the flowers are edible) |
