Wild tea : grow, gather, brew & blend 40 ingredients & 30 recipes for healthful herbal teas / Nick Moyle and Richard Hood.

Includes index.

What is wild tea? -- Brewing basics -- Drying ingredients -- What to grow -- Rules of foraging -- True tea -- A guide to tea types -- Milk -- Top 40 ingredients -- Best of the rest -- Blends -- Special teas, coffees, and other concoctions.

Discover the incredible uses of 40 home-grown and foraged ingredients for making a variety of original brew-it-yourself recipes. You will learn how to grow, find, harvest, dry, and store ingredients including berries, roots, seeds, leaves, and flowers--plus the profile of each: history, health benefits, parts of the plant to use, and how to brew singly. The 30 recipes are for complex blends and specialty drinks such as detox teas, class night-time brews, Moroccan mint, Korean barley tea, bubble tea, and even dandelion coffee. Step-by-step detailed instructions are given for each recipe. There is also a best of the rest section with more unique ingredients that can be added to your brews, such as ginger, cinnamon, pomegranate, and orange. Enjoy the satisfaction and health benefits of brewing your own natural teas!