Brewing notes, letters from growers, and small essays on running a small vegan tea house in Brunswick.
Notes on why we opened in Brunswick rather than the south, and what it has cost us in shop visits and gained in workshop quiet.
A short letter from a backyard tea grower in Brisbane who has been trying to grow lemon myrtle and hibiscus through nine summers.
Most chamomile tea is bad because most chamomile is dust. The fix is whole flowers and patience.
Electric grinders heat the herb. The mortar does not. For botanicals where the oils matter, the heat is the loss.
The blend recommendations are written for the maximum readership. If you are strict, the substitutes are obvious and just as good.
We do not cold-press at The Vegan Teahouse. Here is why, and what is going on when other operations sell you a cold-pressed herb.