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Herbal teas can be made with any part of a plant, including fresh or dried flowers, fruit, leaves, stems, seeds or roots. These parts may be steeped fully raw (as picked) or processed in some way (such as drying, roasting, crushing, tearing / cutting, steaming, etc.).
Lotus flower tea, called yeonkkot-cha (연꽃차, [jʌn.k͈ot̚.tɕʰa]) or yeonhwa-cha (연화차, 蓮花茶, [jʌn.ɦwa.tɕʰa]) in Korean, is a tea made from lotus flower. [3] Often, a fresh whole flower is used to make tea. In Korean temple cuisine, this type of lotus flower tea symbolizes the blossoming of Buddhist enlightenment. [4]
Yuja tea is popular throughout Korea, especially in the winter. [2] This tea is created by curing yuja into a sweet, thick, pulpy syrup. [3] It does not contain caffeine. [2] It is often sold in markets in large jars and used as a home remedy for the common cold. Yuja tea is made from the yuja fruit, which is commonly known outside of Korea as ...
[6] [10] Typically the dried leaves, flowers or seeds are used, or fresh herbs are used. [6] Herbal teas tend to be made from aromatic herbs, [11] may not contain tannins or caffeine, [6] and are not typically mixed with milk. [10] Common examples include chamomile tea, [10] or mint tea. [11]
Cassia seed tea is consumed not only in East Asia (China, Japan, Korea), but in Southeast Asia (Thailand, etc.) as well. [13] In Thailand, S. ora is called chum het thai ( ชุมเห็ดไทย ); [ 13 ] [ 14 ] the roasted seeds are used as diuretic , and the seeds or leaves as purgative .
Camellia sinensis is a species of evergreen shrub or small tree in the flowering plant family Theaceae.Its leaves, leaf buds, and stems can be used to produce tea.Common names include tea plant, tea shrub, and tea tree (unrelated to Melaleuca alternifolia, the source of tea tree oil, or the genus Leptospermum commonly called tea tree).
Sideritis, also known as ironwort, [1] mountain tea, South Western Balkans tea and shepherd's tea, is a genus of flowering plants known for their use as herbal medicine, commonly as a herbal tea. They are abundant in Mediterranean regions, the Balkans , the Iberian Peninsula and Macaronesia , but can also be found in Central Europe and ...
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of south-western China and northern Myanmar. [3] [4] [5] Tea is also made, but rarely, from the leaves of Camellia taliensis.