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Tea
Who knows how tea will mix with salt water?"
John Rowe (December 11,1773)
These words signaled the approach of the men
of the Boston Tea Party who, over the next three
hours, proceeded to dump 340 chests of tea into the harbor in protest
of a tax levied on tea by the British Parliament without representation
or consent of the local colonies.
Similar "tea parties" along the New
England Coast in New York, Greenwich, Charleston, Philadelphia,
and Annapolis encouraged the creation and use of new herbal teas-considered
as patriot teas which were served in place of the imported Chinese
green tea.
Colonial Tea Blends
Two-herb tea blends recommended by colonialist
Philo Aletheias in the Virginia Gazette (January 1774), one month
after the Boston Tea Party, include:
sweet marjoram and a little mint
mother of thyme and a little hyssop
rosemary and lavender
clover with a little chamomile
sage and lemon balm leaves with a little lemon juice.
Continuing on in the spirit of innovation and
revolution toward greater health, Creative Teas shares recipes using
nature's herbs. May you drink in good health!
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