Spring to Life with Tea
Unexpected combinations create good health & happy taste buds.
By Tammy Safi
February/March 2004
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Therapeutic lavender combines well with chamomile, rosemary and marshmallow.
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My love for tea started years ago. When I was a child, my father would brew a strong, milky, sweet tea for both of us. As he was pouring it, he would ask, “One or two teaspoons, Tammy?” My answer was always two, but he asked, nevertheless. The time we spent sipping a cup of tea was our time. We still sit and drink tea together, but today the tea is more likely to be lemon grass or cinnamon. My father asks, “Any sugar, Tammy?” Even though I always reply, “No thanks, Dad. No sugar,” he asks every time.
Now a qualified herbalist and nutritionist, my interest in the therapeutic properties of plants and herbs also started many years ago, when I lived in Lebanon. My newborn baby suffered from colic, and one morning my nosy neighbor heard him screaming. She barged her way into my kitchen — as she always did — with a handful of sweet-smelling seeds. I watched her infuse the seeds and witnessed my first cup of herb tea: aniseed. The tea worked like magic. My son was soon out of his misery and fast asleep.
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