Homegrown Tea: An Illustrated Guide to Planting, Harvesting, and Blending Teas and Tisanes

Table of Contents:
Introduction -- Leaves -- The Tea Plant -- White Tea -- Green Tea -- Black Tea -- Anise Hyssop -- Bergamot -- Cardamom -- Hyssop -- Lemon Balm -- Lemongrass -- Lemon Verbena -- Manuka -- Mint: Ginger mint, Strawberry mint, Lavender mint, Spearmint, Black peppermint, and Garden Mint -- Mountain Pepper -- New Jersey Tea -- Raspberry -- Rosemary -- Sage: Tangerine Sage and Pineapple Sage -- Scented Pelargonium/Scented Geranium -- Stevia -- Sweet Tea Vine -- Thyme: Lemon Curd, Variegated Lemon, and Orange -- Tulsi/Holy Basil -- Seeds -- Cilantro/Coriander -- Fennel -- Fenugreek -- Fruits -- Blueberry -- Lemon -- Myrtle -- Rose hip -- Strawberry -- Flowers -- Calendula -- Chamomile: Roman Chamomile and German Chamomile -- Honeysuckle -- Jasmine -- Lavender -- Rose -- Saffron -- Violet -- Roots -- Angelica -- Chicory -- Echinacea -- Ginger -- Licorice -- Further Plant Advice -- Further Tea Advice -- Quick Plant Reference Chart -- Index of Plants -- Recommended Sources -- Acknowledgments.

Biographical Note:

CASSIE LIVERSIDGE was born in the UK and studied Fine Art at Plymouth University. She grew up on her parent's plant nursery where her love of gardening began. Her debut book, Grow Your Own Pasta Sauce came from a desire to share her passion for eating home grown food and living in a more sustainable way. She lives and works in London with her husband and two sons, but spends two months of the year in New York.

Homegrown Tea explains how to grow a large variety of plants in your own garden, on a balcony or even on a window sill could become your tea cupboard. It shows you how to grow your tea from seeds, cuttings, or small plants, as well as which parts of the plant are used to make tea. Liversidge lays out when and how to harvest your plants, as well as information on how to prepare the plant, including how to dry tea leaves to make tea you can store to last you throughout the year. As a guide to using tea to make you feel better, there are nutritional and medicinal benefits. Finally, there is an illustrated guide to show how to make up fresh and dried teabags and how to serve a delicious homegrown tea. It is sustainable way to look at a beverage, which is steeped in history and tradition.

Review Citations:

• Booklist 04/01/2014 pg. 7 (EAN 9781250039415, Paperback)
• New York Times Book Review 06/01/2014 pg. 35 (EAN 9781250039415, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:Liversidge, Cassie
CASSIE LIVERSIDGE was born in the UK and studied Fine Art at Plymouth University. She grew up on her parent's plant nursery where her love of gardening began. Her debut book, Grow Your Own Pasta Sauce came from a desire to share her passion for eating home grown food and living in a more sustainable way. She lives and works in London with her husband and two sons, but spends two months of the year in New York.