Good afternoon everyone,
Today’s brew comes from Hawaii, and it is called Mamaki Tea. Now in this tropical state there are new and young tea plantations being established – the first in continental North America. I’ve been itching to try some, to see what the terroir for Hawaiian tea is like. But I can’t with this brew because Mamaki Tea isn’t tea at all – much like Chamomile Tea. Why? It isn’t tea because (since you’ve all heard me gripe about before) it doesn’t have the plant Camellia Sinsesis in it. Mamaki tea is looks very similar to tea, especially dried, so when I first saw it I mentally stamped “white tea” on it and called it done. But when I brewed it, I got a little poetic and said “it is not brewing like a tea – in location doth make brew better be.”
But really, as soon as it was in water, that was certainly no tea. Mamaki is a part of the nettle family, native to Hawaii and traditionally considered a supreme healing plant. In all actuality, this plant is great for antioxidants.
I’ve mixed some dried apple in with this brew today, so even if you are iffy about a plant from the nettle family, it will still taste delicious.
Currently hot under the tea cozy!
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