Plants Grown in the Backyard Can Make A Fine Pot Of Tea
Posted July 23, 2010
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THE first Tea Party got one thing right: drinking tea is un-American. Camellia sinensis, the common tea shrub, will survive in most warm, humid climates. But tea plantations never took root in American soil.
The evils of Asian tea and British customs duties may not top the Tea Party platform these days. But the Glenn Becks of the 1770s were compelled to invent their version of freedom fries — a drink they called liberty tea. They made it from plants like goldenrod and Labrador tea (Ledum groenlandicum, a variant of the heath family). Newspapers published herbal recipes, mixing common plants like peppermint, marjoram, hyssop, rosemary, raspberry, lavender, fennel, dill and thyme.
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