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Absolutely sure? Culturing your own tea at home. As long as your climate is correct and you have a temperate garden, is not a difficult plant to grow or harves
by pvaldes 5y ago
Absolutely sure? Culturing your own tea at home.
As long as your climate is correct and you have a temperate garden, is not a difficult plant to grow or harvest.
- doublepg23 5y agodo you have any articles on this?
- pvaldes 5y agoNope, just experience
- DoingIsLearning 5y agoI don't have any articles. But I can give you my experience. Disclaimer: I am utterly useless with plants and green fingers and all that. I have in my garden Morocan Mint (Mentha spicata) and Lemongrass(Cymbopogon citratus). They are meant for much warmer climates but provided you have a wind barrier and above freezing temperatures these plants grow like weeds. You can also grow them indoors. They are generally forgiving and make for great decaffeinated fresh tea.
- pvaldes 5y agoMentha spicata benefits from lots of water and you can consider a root barrier to keep it in place (or use big pots). They tend to overcome other plants in moist soil You could enjoy also the infusion made from skins of wild rose hips. Really easy to found in the Northern hemisphere. Discard the seeds or cook the fruit entire and filter the liquid apart. Will obtain a sweet and clear infusion rich in vitamin C in a nice red tone. Good for the cold days of winter. And there is also the Australian bush tea made from Leptospermum leaves that a lot of people culture yet in their gardens for the long lasting flowering season. I remember it dark and bitter.
- doublepg23 5y agoThank you for the tips!
- dflock 5y agoTrue, but as with many things like this, if you want to grow enough for a few cups of tea a day, every day, you are going to need a fairly large garden - a somewhere to dry and store a few months supply of tea, if you want it year round. None of that is a good reason not to grow a few plants and try it, if you live somewhere warm enough.