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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:54 pm

The first pot is beautiful, and I like the one you linked to Louie. I use a french press sometimes when I'm making a larger batch of tea.

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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:57 pm

I almost always make a large batch of tea. I drink several cups a day... or more.

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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:53 pm

But do you heat it up again? Or drink the whole thing while it's hot?

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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:21 pm

Lewie that glass pot is lovely. And that Wall of Tea at Teavana reminds me of a place we have here called "Steeps". We're thinking of looking into opening one in B.C. when we retire . . . I have two little glass pots too, with a drop-in, fine mesh filter for loose tea. They hold about two cups of tea . . . which isn't near enough for me, LOL. That's why I use the 900 ml Corning pot . . . which holds about 4 generous mugs. Rose, our office went for Dim Sum the other day and I was able to try Chrysanthemum tea. The first two cups were lovely, but it got really bitter after that. When making your own teas folks, do a little research. There are some plants that can be not-so-friendly when dried and brewed.

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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:04 pm

I drink it hot, I drink it cold, I drink it in the pot nine days old. Well, no.. it never lasts 9 days.. maybe until the next morning. In the summer.. because all 3 of us were drinking it (and going through more fluids) I would make a large batch.. I dunno how big the pot is.. maybe 12 quarts? And we'd pretty much drink it all in a day. I have cut back with my daughter gone to school & hubby not drinking as much. I personally don't mind drinking water.. but my hubby & daughter don't drink much water.. but they would drink the green tea (with just a tiny bit of honey & lemon) so.. it was a really good way to wean them off of soda. I had looked at getting one of those Bodum glass tea pots, but my new induction stove only works with pots/pans that have a magnetic conductive bottom (stainless steel or cast iron) so I usually just heat the water in a pot. But I ADORE hand-made pottery. I had shelves built into the buffet hutch in our new kitchen so I could put my hand-made acquisitions on it.

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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:22 pm

SilverScribe said: When making your own teas folks, do a little research. There are some plants that can be not-so-friendly when dried and brewed. Really? Pray tell. I always wanted to be able to scour the countryside, knowing which herbs were good for what, even poisons. Oh and Rose, lately, I've just been using one of those electric water heaters that you plug in. I know, it's cheating, but it's a lot faster. Hm, off to make some tea now.

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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:35 pm

I have a book on herbs.. and one on wild plants. I wonder if either of those have a section on tisanes? I know that there are dangerous plants out there... datura for one. Most parts of the Datura plant contain deadly hallucinogens. Common names for datura are; thorn apple, jimson weed, moonflower, hells bells, devil's weed. Foxglove (digitalis) can be fatal as well. Deadly nightshade (also known as belladonna). The toxic reaction to these plants is sad to be very unpleasant and possibly deadly. I looked in Wikipedia under 'tisanes' and there are a lot of common plants used listed. Here are a few: Varieties of herbal teas are practically limitless, but include: * Anise tea, made from either the seeds or the leaves. * Artichoke tea, with purported health benefits * Roasted barley tea, known in Japanese as mugicha and Korean as bori cha. The roasted flavor can be reminiscent of coffee (without coffee's bitterness and caffeine). It is often drunk cold in the summer. * Bee Balm * Cinnamon * Catnip tea is used as a relaxant, sedative, and to calm. * Chamomile tea is used as a sedative. In Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Peter's mother gives him chamomile tea. * Chrysanthemum tea, made from dried flowers, is popular with Chinese Dim sum. * Citrus peel, including bergamot, lemon and orange peel. * Dandelion coffee * Dill tea, often consumed to ease upset stomach. * Echinacea tea, often consumed to prevent or alleviate the cold or flu symptoms. * Essiac tea, a blended herbal tea. * Fennel Traditional weightloss herb, good for the relief of vision problems. * Gentian * Ginger root * Ginseng , a popular tea in China and Korea. * Hawthorn , to reduce bloodstream's fatty levels like cholesterol * Hibiscus (often blended with rose hip), a popular tea alternative in the Middle East which is drunk hot or cold. Hibiscus tea is also consumed in Okinawa, where the natives associate Hibiscus tea with longevity. (See also Roselle below.) * Honeybush is related to rooibos and grows in a similar area of South Africa, but tastes slightly sweeter. * Horehound * Hydrangea tea, dried leaves of hydrangeas; considerable care must be taken because most species contain a toxin. The "safe" hydrangeas belong to the Hydrangea serrata Amacha ("sweet tea") Cultivar Group * Labrador tea, made from the shrub by the same name, found in the northern part of North America. * Lemon Balm * Lemon grass * Licorice root * Lime blossom, dried flowers of lime tree (Tilia in Latin). * Lotus flower, from the stamens of Nelumbo nucifera (as in Vietnamese trà sen). * Mint, especially peppermint (also mixed with green tea to make mint tea) * European mistletoe (Viscum Album), (steep in cold water for 2–6 hours) * Mountain Tea, a very popular tea in the Balkans and other areas of the Mediterranean region. Made from a variety of the Sideritis syriaca (Ironwort) plant which grows in warm climates above 3000 feet. The tea (or more properly tisane) has a reputation as a cure-all, but is specifically used against colds. Records of its use date back 2000 years. Eru Maybe this is the tea your grandparents make? Here's a link * Neem leaf * Nettle leaf * Pine tea made from needles of pine trees is high in vitamins A and C * Pu-erh Tea, to reduce cholesterol in blood, famous in China. * Red raspberry leaf * Scorched rice, known as hyeonmi cha in Korea * Rooibos (Red Bush) is a reddish plant used to make an infusion and grown in South Africa. In the US it is sometimes called red tea. It has many of the antioxidant benefits of green tea, but because it does not come from tea leaves, it has no caffeine. * Rose hip (often blended with hibiscus) * Roselle petals (species of Hibiscus; aka Bissap, Dah, etc.), consumed in the Sahel and elsewhere. * Rosemary Memory herb. * Sage * Sassafras roots were steeped to make tea and were used in the flavoring of root beer until being banned by the FDA. It's use has been shown to cause permanent liver damage or some types of cancer. * Skullcap * Serendib, an anti-diabetic tea from Sri Lanka * Sobacha * Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) leaves used to make a tea by some native peoples of eastern North America * Spruce tea made from needles of spruce trees is high in vitamin C * Staghorn sumac fruit can made into a lemonade. * Stevia can be used to make herbal tea, or as a sweetener in other tisanes. * St. John's Wort can be used as an herbal anti-depressant. * Uncaria tomentosa, commonly known as Cats Claw * Valerian Sedative. * Verbena (Vervains) * Vetiver * Roasted wheat is used in Postum, a coffee substitute. * Woodruff * Yarrow

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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:36 pm

Oh, yes! I'm a tea drinker, and I love it! I've never gotten used to coffee, so I opt for tea. English Breakfast, Cinnamon tea, (I can't stand Earl Grey or Lapsang Souchong, however) Has anybody tried ginseng tea? I've got some and am getting up the nerve to try it.

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Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:15 am

Anybody here play Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion? It's an RPG set in a HUGE world. One of the things you can do is pick all the wild plants and make potions out of them. I recognized so many from your list Rosie.

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Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:30 am

We grow Stevia so I am thinking of trying it as a tisane. I wonder how long you need to steep it to get the full flavor? Thank you Rose for that nice list of teas/tisanes. Also you don't need to put a tea pot on your stove Rose, you can simply heat the water on your stove in whatever container you use and then pour it over the leaves in the tea pot and let it steep that way before you drink it and you also then only make a smaller amount to consume at a time. I have a little ceramic tea pot just for that too.

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Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 6:37 am

RoseMorninStar said: I almost always make a large batch of tea. I drink several cups a day... or more. Bet you pee a lot. I am so pleased to see all the tea enthusiasts in this thread. I am a devoted tea drinker as well. It's difficult to choose favorites, since I enjoy them all. My choice typically depends on my mood, or whether I am experiencing a specific ailment. Sometimes I use teas as tonics. Of my three kids, my youngest, 9 year old Henry, takes after me. He'll come home after a tough day at school and say "mom, make me a pot of tea! I feel bad!" Once it's brewed, we'll each have a cup and talk over his troubles. To me, tea is comfort.

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Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:19 am

Rose, that's a wonderful list! I've been meaning to pick up a book specifically on herbs and plants for cooking, drying for tea and medicinal uses . . . must do that. Too often in the bookstore, I get waylaid by the fiction and literature sections . . . And Vana is right about the bodum. We have the common "press" kind, you put the loose tea in the bottom of the pot, pour in boiled water and put on the lid, leaving the filter up. Once the tea has steeped, you "press" the filter down, then pour and enjoy! Of course, you probably know that and I totally misunderstood what you meant . . . My only gripe about the glass bodums is that they don't keep the tea hot for any length of time . . . Yes, Lee, drinking an entire pot of tea at a sitting does tend to send one on more piddle-trips, but apparently this is a good thing. Flushing the kidneys and all that or something. I'm bad in the mornings though. Nothing says "wake up" like a nice cup of hot, strong coffee.

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Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:30 am

Cock-Robin said: Has anybody tried ginseng tea? I've got some and am getting up the nerve to try it. I am a bit leery of those myself. Ginseng is a potent herb and should be handled with respect. Eru, OT, but I just read an interview with Terry Pratchett and he was saying how much he loved Oblivion just for those mods.

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Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:24 am

Wow, I feel like a rube. You are the master tea drinkers. I still use tea bags. sipping the ginseng tea now while I'm looking here. It's not bad. Reminds me of watching Jack Soo on Barney Miller. He brewed ginseng tea a lot, says it's good for what ails you. He was preparing some for one who was in a bad way once. But then, they said he was dead. Soo looked down on his tea and said "It's not that good." And your story of drinking and running reminded me of a humorous story about C.S. Lewis. Spending the night with him involved drinking many pots of tea. One American visitor finally felt the urge to relieve his kidneys and asked where the bathroom was. (In England, at least back then, the bathroom and the toilet were different rooms.) So Lewis pointed him to the bathroom, got out some towels and soap, and left him in the room. Finally he came out and told Lewis what he really wanted, and Lewis roared with laughter. "That will cure you of your American euphenisms!" he said.

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Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:39 am

Lee~ said: RoseMorninStar said: I almost always make a large batch of tea. I drink several cups a day... or more. Bet you pee a lot. You guess correctly!! Yes, tea is comforting. sigh C_R .. funny story! The list I posted above is not the full list from Wikipedia.. I took out the some of them that are only grown in areas where (I don't think) any of us live.. like in Tibet or China. If someone were interesting in picking & infusing herbs/plants for their own tisanes, I would recommend buying a book for that specific purpose.. or gain knowledge from someone who knows what they are doing. There seems to be an art to it... like mushroom picking. Vana.. the Stevia plant is often used as a natural sweetener....... I don't know that it would have much flavor other than 'sweet' so you might want to add a stevia leaf or two to something else, or to your regular tea to make it sweet.

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Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:10 am

Lewie, that's a nice teapot you've been thinking of. I've got a simple brown earthenware teapot, but I rarely use it; usually, I just heat a cup of water and put the tea leaves (in a thing like this ) or tea bag straight into the cup. Rose, that's quite a long list! The herbal teas I drink are mostly mixes of several ingredients. At the moment, I'm brewing a nice cup of Rooibos (from a tea bag, it's the only form in which I've found fairtrade Rooibos).

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Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:11 pm

Went to the store today and got me some chamomile tea, which I should have had last night when I couldnt' sleep.

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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:44 am

Well, I tried some chamomile tea last night. It must be an acquired taste. It tastes like soap to me. I just couldn't drink it all. How about anybody else?

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Cock-Robin said: Well, I tried some chamomile tea last night. It must be an acquired taste. It tastes like soap to me. I just couldn't drink it all. How about anybody else? I'll be honest, the taste wasn't the greatest for me either the first few times, and still really isn't, but it becomes an alright change of pace.

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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:26 am

Then why do you drink it if it doesn't taste goodly?

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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:35 am

Cock-Robin said: Well, I tried some chamomile tea last night. It must be an acquired taste. It tastes like soap to me. I just couldn't drink it all. How about anybody else? CR , try a Lemon Chamomile blend. I believe Tetley makes one of the most delicious blends, I buy it in the little round tins with the plastic top. (I love these containers since they really keep the tea fresher than the cardboard boxes with the wax paper liners.) Anyway, their lemon chamomile blend is very, very smooth, it has an almost a buttery finish to it that is absolutely delicious. It might also be a taste-bud thing too. Some flavours taste good to some folks, while to others, not so much. LOL. Explains why some people hate things like spinach or brocolli, while others can't get enough of them. For next payday, I've promised myself a good book on plants and herbs for various purposes, hopefully I can find a volume that includes drying and blending for teas as well as cooking and medicinal applications.

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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:45 am

Rose I understand that. That was why I was surprised to see it listed as used for a tea instead of as a sweetener. I grow it for a sweetener but we have not as of yet figured out how to harvest it for that purpose but putting in the leaves for a steeping tea could well be the way to do it. Ryan enjoys chewing on them. Scribbles I hope you find a great book on that. I would love to find a book like that myself.

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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:08 am

Frelga said: It's a large mug, a strainer that fits into it for the leaves, and a lid that turns into a little saucer to put the strainer on when it's done. I it. I've got one, too, great for when you just want a single mug but still want to make tea from loose ingredients. I drink black tea a lot, leaves and what we call 'garden teas', i.e. not blends. I'll drink the occasional blend, too, though. I sometimes have herb tea, and there I like blends. I resent tea with added flavours, but nevertheless regularly use a Christmas-spice flavoured one during the Christmas season. A Chinese friend of mine recently recommended ginger tea, just cut up a bit of a ginger root and pour water over it. I was doubtful (as you can't do that with, say, apples and get apple tea), but it was really good! Eru, I think, like Scribbles said, it's just liking the flavour or not. I, for example, can't stand the taste of Rooibos, but most people seem to like it. I'm alright with Chamomille, but I don't drink it for pleasure. It's an effective anti-inflammatory drug, and very useful to cure a nervous stomach, and for inhalation when you have a cold. Also to use on pads on the skin if you have skin irritation problems. So, for me, although you can drink it for pleasure, I associate it too much with medicine to do so.

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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:36 am

I have never been fond of Chamomile tea. But then, I don't really like herbal teas. I do like some (real) teas mixed with flavors.. like cloves, cinnamon, apple or orange peel.. that sort of thing.

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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:02 am

I like chamomile once in a while. I adore Earl Grey but don't like lapsang souchong (which I often refer to as charcoal-broiled tea). I love cinnamon and nutmeg and all that stuff! Great in meats as well as in sweets and teas (but that's the medievalist in me--also, the French Canadians treat their tourtiere that way; see my post from last winter in Hobbits' Cooking Guild). I'm not at home right now or I'd look for the brand of tea bags that has all sorts of spice flavors for the holidays. Yes, I use bags; pots are awkward. And unless you have a pot about the size of a Dutch oven, it doesn't make sense to make tea in one if the mug you drink out of is roughly the same capacity as the pot! There's an Irish gift shop downtown in my city that has a lunchroom in the back, and they serve their tea in individual French presses.

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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:44 am

Morwenna said: There's an Irish gift shop downtown in my city that has a lunchroom in the back, and they serve their tea in individual French presses. Morwenna, there's a tea shoppe here called "Steeps" that does the same thing. I love the place, their sofas, tables and chairs are all odds and ends that look like they came from estate sales and their cups, saucers and silverware look like that as well. Everything from proper bone china cup n'saucer sets to lovely pottery mugs and even a few of those old fashioned white clay ones, all sitting on a beautiful, old-fashioned antique sideboard. They have a Wall of Tea that is to die for too, and they serve fresh baked blueberry or cheese scones along with a small assortment of other baked treats. I could spend all day in the place, but it's down on the University campus so it's invariably packed on every day except Sunday. I also love Earl Grey and Tetley makes a Vanilla variety that is absolutely delicious. (Can you tell I like vanilla? ) Another Tea that's good for an upset stomach is Peppermint. I feel about it the way truehobbit does about chamomile, in my youth I was always given it as a remedy, so now I don't like the taste as just a regular cuppa.

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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:52 am

I thought it had some magical property like it puts you to sleep. I'm making myself spiced tea in the morning with milk to take to my cold morning classes.

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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:56 am

Ah, Peppermint! It sounds good. I shall try it. I just finished a mug of English Breakfast. MMMmmmm, Vanilla.

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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:09 am

Erufailon.Atanvarno said: I thought it had some magical property like it puts you to sleep. Are you referring to Chamomile, Eru? If so, yes, chamomile has long been known as a calming herb and a gentle sleep aid. Another thing that will help bring on sleep is a banana and a glass of milk. Seriously. But remember, everyone reacts differently to things. What will induce sleep in some will render others wide awake. Caffiene is one compound that wakes most folks up, but I have a couple of friends where it works exactly the opposite, they fall asleep from it. Ah, the wonder of nature and the human body. Go figure.

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