This was one of the bizarre teas I have ever drunk. I found it in China, but I understand that it grows and is consumed in other south...

I have seen these berries quite often in China. Sometimes in soup sometimes in health tea mixtures. I wanted to taste them alone and got...

It has been a while since I reviewed a tisane. Today I could have my tea session very late, and I chose a tisane which happens to be...

This is the third ya bao of this challenge. The first one was written by our guest blogger, and it was very informative. The second one...

II found another heavenly tisane which is very commonly consumed in China, Japan and Korea. Buckwheat is a crop that comes from China,...

This challenge made it to day 300! Yay! Interesting choice for the day, I have a slightly off-putting tisane from Guizhou to review. It...

Schisandra (Schisandra Chinensis) is an evergreen climbing vine that is native to China and Russia but can grow in many soils. It has...

This is another tisane, commonly consumed in China where it is known as Gān Cǎo 甘草 (sweet herb). It is made out of the roots of the...

It made me smile when I found out about this tea. In Turkey, we do produce corn, and we can buy them with their silk. The latter goes to...

This just looks like oolong tea, but it is not. It is the leaves of the mulberry plant rolled into ball shapes. Mulberry leaf was...

I am visiting Hunan, where I came across a strange-looking tea. It had tiny green needles, and at first, I got the impression that it...

Had I not been to Inner Mongolia a few weeks ago, I do not think that I could have discovered this tea. I saw the vast orange fields...

This looked like tea from a tea plant. Pretty much. You need to look very closely and smell to notice that it’s not a tea. I bought it in...

Harney and Son’s Guide to Tea defined osmanthus as “A native to China, the osmanthus flower is apricot-scented with a fetching...

At the end of last year, I was travelling in beautiful Guilin around Yangshuo and rice terraces, I was offered a fruit tea. It was so...

As far as I could observe, chrysanthemum is one of the most common tisanes in China. In Guangdong, if you go for a dim sum experience,...

This is the tea that convinced me to include the tisanes as a category of 365 Teas Challenge. I will tell you how. Last year, I went to a...

Chaste tree is a shrub endemic to the Mediterranean region. Its hard, black, round berries and seeds are used medicinally for centuries....

I knew of yerba maté but never had an opportunity to try before. With a total ignorance and due to lack of equipment, I prepared it in...

I have heard a lot about rooibos, but until today I have not tasted it. It is a popular drink from South Africa. Made from an indigenous...

When I lived in the UK, one of my colleagues mentioned that ‘pomegranate’ was an exotic fruit when he was growing up (50 plus years ago)....

Endemic to Europe and Asia, cleavers now grow all over the world. It has been used in multiple civilisations to treat various diseases....

Written by our guest blogger (http://theteatraveller.com) and friend Gwyneth @theteatravellergwyn Tea, herbs, nature and all things...

I did not know eucalyptus can grow in Turkey. I found out a few days ago when a trip with friends took me to Gökova a district in the...