Category: Beverages

1 cup Rose hips

1/2 cup Diced dried pitted cherries

1/4 cup Crumbled dried orange peel

2 Cinnamon sticks - broken into pieces

1/4 cup Dried unsprayed rose petals

1/4 cup Dried violas - (Johnny-jump-ups, - pansies, or violets)

The naturally tart taste of this tea may be amended by adding honey or other sweetener (rose geranium sugar is especially nice).



Mix all the ingredients. Store in a glass jar with a tight-fitting lid. Use about a tablespoon per cup and steep for 15 minutes to release the flavor of rose hips and cherries.



* Source: Cathy Anderson, Nicholasville, Kentucky * The Herb Companion, December/November 1993 * Typed for you by Karen Mintzias