Friday, 1 July 2016

Tea Anyone?

We have developed the habit of buying processed tea bags for making our tea. Bags that contain the stuff that we as trinbagonians are so fortunate to have at our fingertips. Tea bags were designed for those who did not have access to natural leaves and herbs for making tea. Yet we who do, are using them more than the people it was designed for in the first place.

Cutting back on buying tea is yet another small step towards cutting back on that monthly food expense. The benefits of tea are endless from as basic as helping to get rid of gas to health benefits like reducing blood pressure.
Herbs and leaves that can be used to make tea locally are numerous. I’ve listed some of them below. Information on locally available tea plants is very limited so please comment with any additions that you may know of so that the list can be updated.

Tea can be made from; bayleaf, dried orange peels, soursop leaves, calabash leaves, ginger, garlic,
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6 comments:

  1. Marsha Burgan1 August 2016 at 18:44

    Shurland, this is good advice, I personally love Lipton tea, but, you know, bay leaf tea does not sound too bad. I grew up drinking vervine tea and it kept my skin clean, maybe it's time to start back drinking bush tea. It tastes great and totally inexpensive.

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    1. Unknown2 August 2016 at 18:13

      Vervine is an excellent option Marsha. Natural and local has so many benefits apart from saving you money.

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  3. Unknown4 August 2016 at 10:29

    I love soursop

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  4. Keri Mahato-Jurawan4 August 2016 at 19:09

    Definitely love tea, and I've had the orange peel tea and would recommend it! Excellent blog

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  5. Unknown8 August 2016 at 06:05

    I love soursop, bay leaf and ginger tea and they are good for you too.

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