Show christmas holly makes tasty tea holly Is useful for something besides christmas wreaths yaupon a shrub which grows profusely in certain sections of north carolina can be brewed into tea and is actually on the menu of one carolinian hotel its an old story to old timers of the region been drinking yaupon tea for centuries and swear that it has all kinds of good qualities the indians before them used it and john lawson an early fistori in said the shrub was so highly valued that it was carried into the aland where it fetched a fabulous price from indian tribes actually yaupon is an american lolly but is closely akin to mate the drink so popular in south america both drinks are prepared much the same way the leaves are cured with hot stones tn in a barrel and then chopped up twigs included and dried out in an oven leaves and twigs are then steeped in hot water and hoyrup lyrup orange juice lemon luice juice ind cinnamon are added so at christmas instead of browing away that dried up wreath try brewing it up into a ot of tea |