#tea plants

[susanoos-wife]

Tea Plant Blossoms and White Cheeked Starling, by Kono Bairei

[cpunkwitch]

Herb Drying Extended

[herb drying extended]

Herb drying(link)

Answering Benji in an extension to my last post on the topic!

best method, best tea

depending on the herb you use to make your tea, any of the three methods i talked about can work just fine for making a tea blend from.

it's most a matter of time as each method and plant have a different time span of drying out.

air drying by hanging is likely the longest but is most commonly used for flowering herbs like lavender or even sage, mainly for the lingering scent they give off while hanging.

you could very well use the microwave method for a faster batch of dried herbs.

when it comes to the herb youre using for tea, leaves and buds could be crushed up or steeped whole, so regardless of the method you choose however you go about making your tea from dried herbs is fine and completely up to you.

of course things like how ling they sit to dry and loose theor moisture can effect how they might taste when sitting in hot water but not by very much, the amount of time they sit in the water can be recommended differently depending on the plant or part of said plant as well.

its perfectly fine to experiment until you find the right combination that you like best.

there are plenty of other methods for drying tea herbs as well, some onclude the oven rather than the microwave or the stove, or you can use tools like a dehydrator if you have one. no one method is best over all, its very much up to opinion.

whatever method you find best is a-okay.

moldy stash

how can herbs expire after storing and drying if the idea is to do that so they last longer?

a lot of things have a different length of shelf life, canned goods included.

if you dont keep your herbs tightly seald and stored awat from sunlight and moisture, you risk them rotting amd molding. they are dead plants after all and dead plants do eventually rot away at some point.

the average shelf life for dried leafy herbs is 1-3 years before it looses its flavor, 4 years for seeds and a week to 6 months for fresh (ground) spices. salt is really the only thing that lasts indefinitely.

after the dried herbs loose their flavor theres really no use keeping them around as anything with them will just taste bland or very very mild if at all.

the herbs will start to lose their colour and brown after being stored for that long so its best to throw them away at the 3 year mark.

i hope this helped! if theres anything else i can expand on please let me know.

@benji-screem @kodiescove @writingbrainrot

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[thelastpilot]

The next installation in my ‘Kettle Crab’ series! This time is a lovely type of hermit crab that uses old teacups as their home! Once occupied for long enough, tea plants naturally begin to bloom out of chips and holes that the hermit carefully breaks.

Perfectly compatiable companions to your personal Kettle Crab companions (compatible tea variations recommended)

[arospaceboy]

EaT diRt?

so im making my mom start her tea growing kit she got like last birthday (over a year ago). im doing yhis because gardening makes her happy and she kinda needs a distraction, shes gonna be losing her job in the near future.

but my goblin brain is already making me want to eat the soil for these plants.

[fuckyeahteatime]

I. What the frick? Well. That’s awesome.

The packet said two weeks for the seeds to sprout so I was prepared to be patient of course but when I was checking on all my seedlings today my chamomile seeds have ALREADY begun coming up! It’s only been two DAYS! Woo! I mean they still have to grow up quite a bit before I even move them to a bigger home, but how cool you guys?! I’ve never grown chamomile before so this is a first for me.

[madmadamemarch]

Question!

What is the easiest tea to grow?

[cpunkwitch]

Sorry to intrude

Firstly, I hope you are having a wonderful day.

Secondly, I am reminded of our conversation the other day, about plants that will grow inside....

Do you happen to know of any tea plants(as in, plants I can grow to make tea) that will grow in doors? 😊

Oh

You just activated my trap card /ref

Special interest, tea trivia!

The actual tea plant is called Camellia Sinensis

But herbs and flowers that are easy to dry and steep for tea include

Mint(peppermint but spearmint or any mint could work), lavender, roses, hibiscus, lemon balm, chamomile, ginger, lemongrass, catnip, bee balm and more

Some require the leaves rather than the buds to be harvested but lavender you can harvest buds before they bloom and use them no problem

Drying herbs and storing to use for tea later does take some effort and it does require a bit of research on the plant, (what it needs, how it's best harvested etc) as well as research herb drying storing and tea steeping when you're making your own blends and such.

I'm more than happy to help out I even have a whole notebook and two books from my witchcraft collection that helped me learn

I *love* this topic very much !

[gumi-botpoidd]

i want full real genetically modifed tea plants