Drying my herbs gives me not only a chance to have delicious, organically grown herbs in the winter, it also gives me a way to have great food and beverages throughout the year. Today, I made orange mint iced tea, which is really good. Using dried mint in a mesh tea ball, I can actually get more of the herbal flavor infused into the tea than I can with fresh cuttings in the tea ball,
See, using dried herbs means that I get more leaves in a smaller "package" so the flavor is more concentrated.
I made the orange mint iced tea using the same method as I do for every mint iced tea. For hot tea, the steps are slightly different.
Mint Hot Tea
- Enough dried mint to fill a mesh tea ball
- 1 pint of water
- 2 small tea bags, if desired
Place the mint in the tea ball. Put tea ball and tea bags in the water and bring it to a low boil. Turn off the heat and let the tea steep for three minutes. Pour into a tea pot which has been preheated with hot water, discarding the tea bags and used mint. Add 2 teaspoons honey or other sweetener to your tea cup. Pour the tea over the sweetener and stir. Enjoy!
Orange mint and chocolate mint really lend themselves well to hot tea. They are very relaxing at the end of a hard day. How lovely to put up your feet and sip a wonderful mint tea before you head to bed!
Treating yourself to these kinds of lovely teas puts you in a better mood, too, in my opinion. Growing your own mints is a good money saving tool for your budget. While you're enjoying the fruits of your gardening efforts, you can begin to ponder things like which business plan consultants you may want to employ, which business model you will choose to use, and how to budget both your time and your money in order to be successful.
Go ahead. Brew a pot of mint tea for yourself. Put up your feet. Jot notes down on a pad of paper. Relax and plan.
