bush tea
Wild plant drink
Bush tea is an herbal infusion made from local plants rather than true tea leaves, common in the Caribbean, Southern Africa, and other regions where indigenous plants are steeped for beverages.
The term covers a wide variety of preparations depending on locale—anything from lemongrass to rooibos to fever grass.
My grandmother always made bush tea when someone had a cold.
- rooibosSouth African herbal tisane
- herbalRelating to medicinal plants
- herbal remedyPlant-derived therapeutic preparation
- infusionSteeping to extract essence
- brewSteeped or fermented drink
steep · hot water · leaves · loose leaf · remedy · natural healing · folk medicine · wildflower · honeybush · South African · African · kettle · soothing · medicinal · aromatic · tisane · shrub · harvest