Tea Party! Mistletoe, Strawberry Leaf, Yellow Dock, Elder Flower, Mugwort & Rooibos

1 tsp of each organic herb in a cup of boiling water

steeped for 10 minutes

Mistletoe

7/10. Not a strong tasting tea; water flavored with the color of yellow and green, just like it looks. Not bad. Kind of subtle like horsetail tea. I think of horsetail as water flavored with the color of white; this is water flavored with the color of mistletoe.

Strawberry Leaf

6/10. Cedar flavor. Cedar smell. Conjured childhood memories of cedar boxes for Margaret and me. Not sure I really liked it though. Might need to try it again.

Yellow Dock

8/10. Bright and earthy. Like watered down pea soup. “A homeopathic pea soup.” Almost as if the tea has a yellow-colored taste. Might make a good addition to a bean soup for extra flavoring.

Elder Flower

2/10. I didn’t like it - it was innocuous but had a bitter aftertaste. Margaret tasted it as sweet and pollen-y along with the bitter undertones.

Mugwort

1/10. I didn’t like it. Tasted like dirt. I really didn’t like the smell, or how it looks. Kind of like big moldy fluffs. But, I was extremely relaxed afterwards and the EFFECT might be worth the taste…will continue to experiment with it and maybe ways to hide the smell/taste in a mix.

Rooibos

2/10. Some people like Lua think there’s an overtone that’s sweet and creamy with an olive undertone. But I didn’t taste the overtone, just the undertone, so I didn’t like it. I’ll continue to experiment with mixing it in other teas, because I heard from Dr. Greger that it’s a super healthy tea!