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Apothecary Gardening: Harvesting & Brewing Herbal Tea & Learning Gongfu Cha from a Master Brewer

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Hello everyone,

Join me in the garden as we harvest fresh herbs and turn them into two delicious, nourishing herbal teas. In this video, I’ll show you how I make lemon balm & ginger tea and chocolate peppermint & ashwagandha tea.

We also stop by our local farmers market to chat with a tea shop owner about brewing tea the Gongfu Cha way—the traditional “kung fu” style of slow, mindful tea making. If you’ve ever wanted to elevate your tea ritual, learn how to brew tea properly, or explore the world of garden-grown ingredients, you’ll love this one.

If you enjoy apothecary-style tea making, herbal medicine, cottage garden living, and from-garden-to-cup recipes, let me know! I’d be happy to make more videos like this. And if you’d like to support the channel, feel free to like and subscribe for more cozy, cottage-core gardening content.

Learn more about The Way of the Tea: https://exiwtr-fc.myshopify.com/

00:00 Intro
01:08 Harvesting
08:56 Making Chocolate Mint/Ashwagandha Tea
12:17 Making Lemon Balm/Ginger Tea
17:40 Learning Gongfu Cha Tea Brewing
30:33 Trying Our Herbal Teas

With love,
Anna

20 Comments

@penultimateh766 10 months ago

This girl is so knowledgeable, original and sweet.

@The_Wild_Witch 10 months ago

The main reason I grow my garden is to literally grow my apothecary. The medicinal uses of herbs and plants is plays such an important role in my life!
Thanks for sharing! 💚💚💚

@AJWestern 5 months ago

Fascinating. Love this video. Very Very Informative.

@sarahsnyder3798 4 months ago

Love lemon balm!!!!!

@TheLeatherman41 10 months ago

Bert, you are one lucky man!

@annamccosker7878 10 months ago

Loved this video! Your puppy is so sweet🥰. I really enjoyed your talk about traveling settings China and experiencing a special tea ceremony.. sounds divine! 🙂🙏

@jenniferm9341 10 months ago

I’ve been exploring tea lately and this came at the perfect time. I ordered a fermented tea cake last week and can’t wait to explore more of the tea making experience.

@gracewang5534 10 months ago

You are so amazing! Listening to you makes me calmer❤ thank you!

@christinabas6462 5 months ago

Its important to grow mints far from each other because they will change each others’ flavors if they are planted too close together.

@Unpetitpotager 10 months ago

Such a gorgeous garden!!! I planted lemon balm in a large grow bag this year it was a little plant and when the heat hit it took over the bag!!! I’ll be cutting it back and protect it for winter. I used to have I think eight different mints in pots but after a couple years even with adding more soil they just didn’t last. Now like you I’m having a hard time finding all the mints I used to grow. I had chocolate, pineapple, apple, strawberry, regular, spearmint and i know I’m missing one or two. What I want to do is instead of potting up flowers for my front porch i want to have mints!! And actually use them in tea.

@antheablackmore5838 10 months ago

Wow this was a real eye opener for me, loved the whole video absolute magic !

@flowerpixel 10 months ago (edited)

I use stevia all the time too! I recently switched to loose leaf teas and what a difference. My favorite blend right now is ginger, stevia, hibiscus, and chamomile. I've tried to grow stevia from seed but it didn't sprout so I guess I need to purchase a few seedlings. Chamomile flowers are also different than typical teabags in the store. They smell completely different

@goldenpondstudio 4 months ago

Something about you reminds me so much of Lana Del Rey and I absolutely love her

@moriahquillin2631 10 months ago

I've been waiting for this video!!

@Levnadskonst 10 months ago

Herbs = magic 🍀🌿🌱

@soniewhitten4844 10 months ago

hi, thanks for sharing with us.

@MariaRydström-p5o 10 months ago

Love this video. So informative and interesting and i feel like doing my own tea now. Thank you Anna🩷

@spicysmooth2 2 weeks ago

Grandma-maxing

@rebekkahy 10 months ago

Thanks!

@ashleecaye8114 3 months ago (edited)

I started a tea garden this year. I have echinacea, chamomile, lemon balm, apple mint, spearmint (balm & mints in containers), lemon grass, lemon verbena, lavender, holy basil.. also red raspberries & strawberries which I use the leaves for tea. Along which herbs, ginger & turmeric also in containers and elderberry bush. All of it won’t be harvested till next year when it gets established.