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Howdy all,

I made my first cup of home made tea ever today In fact i am drinking it now! I made it from my brahmi that i have growing in my IBC system. My girlfriend originally bought it for me about 12 months ago. It was growing really well in a pot until i got a massive caterpillar attack and nearly killed it. It didnt ever really seem to recover in the pot. The when i started my IBC system i got transplanted in there and it has taken off So i have finally got a chance to try and make a tea with it. Not having any idea what i am doing i just picked a few sprigs that were growing where i didnt want it to and chopped it up a bit. Put it in a tea bag, stapled it back up ant let it infuse for about 5 mins. The i googled it and found out that i am supposed to dry it first.

So my first cup of home made herbal tea with green brahmi tastes a little bit like a strong green tea. But not really

I have no idea if this will help my memory at all but i have just cracked what my GF likes to call mid-twenties and my memory is almost non-existent. So it cant get any worse

So anyway i was wondering if anyone else makes herbal teas etc from their produce? I promise to let you all know if this tea i drinking turns me into the supergenious i know i am

Rather than using a tea bag, you can use a tea infuser, available in most homeware stores, and sometimes in grocery stores.

I can post a picture of mine if you need help to find one.

in summer im quite partial to a bit of mint tea, just using fresh mint left in the cup whilst i drink it , nice both hot and cold

Cheers
pete

I have seen the tea diffusers before, but i dont have one on hand. I dont really drink a lot of tea anyway so these ones have been sitting for a while.

So far i can report on my first tea, gave me a bit of a nausea feeling, kind of like when you have a red bull. Not like you want to vomit but not the best. Also my heart rate went up like i had a red bull and i found it easier to concentrate.

I have to be honest i am sceptical about all this herbal tea stuff with respect to alot of the claims i have read. If you are deficient in a vitamin or mineral that the tea/herb provides i can understand feeling better or different. A lot of it feels like snake skin oil claims. I am some what surprised to notice the physical effects i can feel so far. Will be interesting to see if it happens again tomorrow.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbal_tea ... l_concerns

If you look up each individual plant/ingredient on the internets, you can't go wrong. If you've heard of it used as a food, you're probably going to be ok 99.9% of the time. Just make sure you're using the right part of the plant!

There are a lot of herbal teas that use ginger, and ginger eases stomach ailments, and can help with nausea i.e. from motion sickness. So don't confuse herbal with "new age" Some of them actually work!

Might have to try some ginger with the brahmi then

So far most of the effect described of brahmi have been correct. Hopefully the memory one is too I feel like i have had a strong cup of coffee.

My daughters make tea from the lemon verbena they planted in the system !

How do you find the lemon verbana goes CD? Is it invasive?