This is another tea that's been in my cupboard for a while and thus appears to be unavailable currently. Which is really too bad because it's a favourite of mine. The nettle leaf flavour is herbaceous and pleasing. This tea blends that with grapefruit zest, ginger, and lemongrass. The result is a soothing tea that tickles the tongue on its way by. As a tisane the Nettle Leaf can be enjoyed at any time without fear of caffeine-induced insomnia. I find the distinctive flavour a nice change of pace to some of the more traditional herbal tea ingredients like hibiscus, rose hips, cinnamon, or apples. Not that I don't enjoy all of those flavours, it's just nice to have something different from time to time.
I do wish this tea were still available, and who knows, maybe it will return one day. I'm sure there are other nettle teas out there available to purchase. Honestly with a bit of exploring and research I'd probably be able to collect wild nettle leaves and brew my own concoction. Still David's Tea Nettle Leaf Herbal Tea was a great purchase and thoroughly enjoyed.
Nettle plants are prickly, but not overly challenging to harvest in the U.K. and much of North America. In addition to tea they can be involved in the making of a good tea. For information, look it up in the Naked Scientists archives. Especially because I may be remembering something about mild poisoning or something.
ReplyDeleteYeah I'd totes do research before traipsing around steeping random leaves for tea. It's that stinging nettles have a numbing property, it's not fatal or anything. I think there's a Vinyl Café story about that.
DeleteYeah I'd totes do research before traipsing around steeping random leaves for tea. It's that stinging nettles have a numbing property, it's not fatal or anything. I think there's a Vinyl Café story about that.
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