Did you know that herbal tea isn't tea at all? It is actually an infusion of herbal leaves and spices, but without the noble tea leaf in the mixture, it's really not tea. Many people do like to "tea" with these herbal infusions for reasons ranging from variety, to a need to cut caffeine out of their diets.

There are at least 396 herbs and spices available commercially for use in "herb tea" but be sure when you're making your own that it's pesticide free. Here is a Soothing Tea recipe I found in Victoria's book, "The Pleasures of Tea."

If you enjoy gardening, you might want to grow your own herbs for your tea. Not everyone has the knack for growing things organically, but this would ensure a "pesticide-free" herb if you followed that growing doctrine. For a selection of interesting and exotic herb plant seeds to grow in your garden, as well as some information on growing things organically, try our good friends at "The GreenWeb." They also include Herbal Tea Recipes along with their seed descriptions.