Labrador Tea: A Traditional Labrador Tea Mix

By Robert K. Henderson
February/March 1997
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Makes 3 1/4 cups

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My house blend is rigorously traditional, consisting mostly of flavors gathered in the wild or reclaimed from kitchen leftovers. However, the only indispensable ingredient for a Labrador tea mix is the Lab tea itself. Beyond that, the possible combinations of foraged, cultivated, and store-bought flavorings are endless. I dry and chop or pulverize all the ingredients of this blend.

• 2 cups Labrador tea leaves
• 1/2 cup rose hips
• 1/4 cup water mint leaves
• 3 tablespoons wild ginger leaves, or 1/2 inch gingerroot from the grocery store
• 3 tablespoons orange peel
• 2 tablespoons lemon peel
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 teaspoon cloves

1. Mix all of the ingredients well and store in an airtight container. To make a single cup of tea, place 2 teaspoons of the mix in a tea ball or tea strainer and cover with boiling water. Steep, covered, for 10 minutes.

2. To make a pot of tea, pour boiling water over 3 generous tablespoons of mix, steep, covered, for 10 minutes, and strain into cups.

3. Serve with honey and lemon juice to taste.

Click here for the main article, Labrador Tea History.


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  • Amy 10/6/2011 1:49:06 PM

    This sounds like a great recipe. I'm really looking forward to trying it as I slowly collect the ingredients and dry them. It's become a fun little project (I live in northern quebec where labrador grows like a weed and there's a lot of time for hobbies lol). Just wondering if anyone can tell me, 1/2 an inch ginger root equals how much grated and dried? And I'm assuming for the rest of the ingredients that's the quantity once dried?

  • Amy 10/6/2011 1:49:06 PM

    This sounds like a great recipe. I'm really looking forward to trying it as I slowly collect the ingredients and dry them. It's become a fun little project (I live in northern quebec where labrador grows like a weed and there's a lot of time for hobbies lol). Just wondering if anyone can tell me, 1/2 an inch ginger root equals how much grated and dried? And I'm assuming for the rest of the ingredients that's the quantity once dried?

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