Homegrown tea : an illustrated guide to planting, harvesting, and blending teas and tisanes
(2014)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
635.7/LIVERSIDGE,C
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2014
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
xv, 270 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781250039415 (trade pbk.), 125003941X (trade pbk.)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Introduction -- Leaves -- Seeds -- Fruits -- Flowers -- Roots -- Further plant advice -- Further tea advice -- Quick plant reference chart
Liversidge shows you how to grow a large variety of plants in your own garden, on a balcony or even on a window sill, to create your own tea cupboard. From growing your tea from seeds, cuttings, or small plants, as well as which parts of the plant are used to make tea, she lays out when and how to harvest your plants; how to dry it to make tea you can store to last you throughout the year; how to make up fresh and dried teabags; and how to serve a delicious homegrown tea