{"id":53974,"date":"2017-05-07T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-07T05:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/grow-your-own-herbal-teas\/"},"modified":"2017-05-07T12:01:45","modified_gmt":"2017-05-07T05:01:45","slug":"grow-your-own-herbal-teas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/grow-your-own-herbal-teas\/","title":{"rendered":"Grow your own herbal teas"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMany aromatic flowers are as easy to cultivate as they are to turn into the most delicious Chinese floral-scented teasI love tea. I mean, I really love it. With a collection of more than 30 types in my kitchen cupboard and a mini plantation of tea bushes in my Croydon back garden, I find it a shame that we Brits don\u2019t have the variety found in tea\u2019s homeland of Asia. Take floral scented teas, for example, where green tea leaves are paired up with aromatic flowers to boost their fragrance. Apart from the familiar jasmine types, many of these varieties, from uplifting chrysanthemum and osmanthus to delicate gardenia and honeysuckle, can be almost impossible to buy in the UK. Thank goodness, then, that all these flowers are just as easy to grow as they are to turn into a homespun version of the finest floral tea. So here\u2019s my guide to making traditional Chinese floral-scented teas using very British flowers.Gardenia flowers are often served as an iced tea that far predates the US invention Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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