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Show Tea and Tea flfr EA is not always the fragrant beverage which che'ers but docs not inebriate, j-p. nnd the name has curious application. acUhal Ciiugcr tea was once a most popular ' bevcrnge. Cowslips and other flowers nnd herbs, including camomile, thyme, marjoram, balm and mint, have been used. Histories havo made us familiar with the substitutes for tea which our Revolutionary grandmothers used af-tcr af-tcr the tea from the East. Tndia Company's ships was poured into Boston harbor. Tea made, from the leaves of ribwort, strawberry plants and cur-rant cur-rant bushes, sage, thnroughwort and other herbs, was drunk. So-called "liberty tea" was made from tho leaves of fotir-leaved loose strife, while Hyperion tea, according to a valuable chronicle of thu time, was made from raspberry leaves, and was said by patriots to be very delicate and most excellent. The bevorage may have tasted so to tho patriotio palates, but many a Colonial dame must have longed if sho had allowed herself, for the fragrant Hyson which she had been accus-tomed accus-tomed to enjoy. |