Herbal Tea. Anyone use them ??
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.Alex321
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- Location
- South Wales
I quite often drink Chamomile, or Chamomile with Honey.
Why? Because I like the taste
My wife sometimes has either Peppermint or Lemon & Ginger for an upset stomach.
Why? Because I like the taste
My wife sometimes has either Peppermint or Lemon & Ginger for an upset stomach.
sleuthey
Legendary Member
- Location
- South Gloucestershire
I take green tea as a supplement. I found the tea so disgusting that I bought a years supply in tablet form from Amazon
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
I like the Pukka 3 mint one. Get it in most supermarkets.
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
Ginger is good for upset stomach. Just steep some fresh ginger root in your hot water. I don't drink any other herbal teas becasue they are not to my taste and expensive. For the past few weeks I've been drinking hot water, which I find more refreshing than anything
FishFright
More wheels than sense
Peppermint is really good for calming down dodgy stomach etc. I drink it every day nowadays.
Reynard
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- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Yep... 
I always start the day with a nice refreshing mug of peppermint. It is also good for dicky tums, but you do need to let it steep a while. None of this "just show it the mug" stuff.
Chamomile is lovely. It's also a febrifuge, a mild relaxant, and, as a wash, soothing for irritated skin. Brilliant for colds with a dollop of honey and a slice of lemon - and two paracetamol on the side. No need to waste moolah on Lemsip.
I also pick and dry herbs to make various blends - I'll just stick either a chamomile or peppermint teabag in a caffetiere and then add whatever else takes my fancy.
Nettle: a good pick-me-up (and I can take revenge on the ones growing in the garden)
Lavender: good for insomnia
Lemon Balm: tastes good, pleasantly lemony
Catnip: Another take on mint, just don't try drinking it anywhere near a cat...
Valerian: another mild relaxant, but like the catnip, don't drink it in the presence of cats.
Thyme
Rosemary
Sage
Blackcurrent leaf
Linden blossom
Rose petals
The possibilities are endless.
I always start the day with a nice refreshing mug of peppermint. It is also good for dicky tums, but you do need to let it steep a while. None of this "just show it the mug" stuff.
Chamomile is lovely. It's also a febrifuge, a mild relaxant, and, as a wash, soothing for irritated skin. Brilliant for colds with a dollop of honey and a slice of lemon - and two paracetamol on the side. No need to waste moolah on Lemsip.
I also pick and dry herbs to make various blends - I'll just stick either a chamomile or peppermint teabag in a caffetiere and then add whatever else takes my fancy.
Nettle: a good pick-me-up (and I can take revenge on the ones growing in the garden)
Lavender: good for insomnia
Lemon Balm: tastes good, pleasantly lemony
Catnip: Another take on mint, just don't try drinking it anywhere near a cat...
Valerian: another mild relaxant, but like the catnip, don't drink it in the presence of cats.
Thyme
Rosemary
Sage
Blackcurrent leaf
Linden blossom
Rose petals
The possibilities are endless.
iandg
Legendary Member
- Location
- Dumfries and Galloway
I have a special tea box
- Location
- Glasgow
I'm a strict espresso girl, hate all kinds of tea.
A few years ago, all my colleagues (I was working in a coffee shop), decided we were drinking too much coffee for our health, they started to drink green tea.
I drunk a mug of it, like I would down an espresso, got nausea (because I didn't like it), put me off green tea forever
Lots of people buy expensive herbal teas, it is so easy to grow the herbs yourself or forage them, dry, add to boiling water.
A few years ago, all my colleagues (I was working in a coffee shop), decided we were drinking too much coffee for our health, they started to drink green tea.
I drunk a mug of it, like I would down an espresso, got nausea (because I didn't like it), put me off green tea forever
Lots of people buy expensive herbal teas, it is so easy to grow the herbs yourself or forage them, dry, add to boiling water.
dicko
Guru
- Location
- Derbyshire
The Mrs read that Nettle tea was good for hayfever so we went looking and found Nettle tea in the Grape Tree shop £2.99 a packet.
Eagerly getting home, find the old teapot and strainer and mashed the brew. It’s so good we now drink Nettle tea five times a day, cheers.
Eagerly getting home, find the old teapot and strainer and mashed the brew. It’s so good we now drink Nettle tea five times a day, cheers.
matticus
Guru
Not sure ....
I've been known to USE lubes such as WD40. I hear some folks USE cocaine.
But yes, I quite often DRINK Green Tea (has to be pretty weak, and don't add milk!), and Mint (happy to leave the bag in).
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Pfffff! Why waste money if you can take revenge on the damn things for free!
Pick the tips / new growth and dry them.
P.S. Nettles make good soup too, as well as being a good substitute for spinach (cooked, obvs...)
dicko
Guru
- Location
- Derbyshire
Trouble is in the city we can’t find any unlike my days as a child when they were plenty everywhere in the village.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Grow some in a planter / bucket maybe? You don't want to grow them in open soil, as they propagate from root runners.
