Hawthorn Honeysuckle Chrysanthemum Tea

Why people make this tea

City life often means rich, refined food and a lot of meat with too few vegetables, and blood lipids can creep up quietly without us noticing. Nourilo likes this little tea because the dried hawthorn, honeysuckle and chrysanthemum are easy to keep in a teabag and steep anywhere — even at your desk. It is traditionally enjoyed to support healthy blood lipids and cholesterol while keeping you cool and refreshed.

Method

1. Place all the ingredients into a teabag pouch.
2. Drop the pouch into a vacuum flask and rinse once with boiling water, then pour off.
3. Pour in fresh boiling water, cover and steep for 5 minutes.
4. Sip; you can keep refilling with hot water until the flavour fades.

Nourilo’s Tips

This tea is lightly fragrant with a gentle sourness; it is traditionally said to whet the appetite, encourage saliva, and cool the body, making it lovely for hot summer days. Remember: pregnant women should not use herbal-flower teas.