My fresh lemon balm tea recipe was a happy accident in the end, in the beginning it was a very very strange accident.
We bought a huge bunch of herb seeds in May and Joss and I planted them up. One pot ‘Melissa Officinalis’ did nothing at all. We planted everything outside and forgot about it, until a few weeks ago when Daddy declared that a patch of mint had now sprouted.
Ah, that must be the melissa I said (what do I know about plants?!) and so we enjoyed a rather odd mint sauce with our potatoes.
I was starving so didn’t mention the odd taste.
It’s not mint. Melissa Officinalis is lemon balm, hence our lemon sauce with our potatoes, not tasty.
What is rather tasty is this tea, and it’s lovely lemon scent makes it a really relaxing and refreshing summer drink, lovely enjoyed cool with ice too. Part of the mint family it’s also good for the digestive system, and is anti-viral so if you’re under the weather could give you a nice pick me up, and lets face it, tea is always a tonic!
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I remember my Mum introducing me to this years ago during a hot summer, it’s so refreshing
I love the story, sadly not a tea drinker x
mmm looks and sounds lovely. Thanks for sharing on #ThriftyThursday
Ooh that looks lovely and refreshing – as a tea! What a great little story, thank you so much for sharing #whatsthestory
I have an old bath tub full of lemon balm. Not sure I’m like it on potatoes either. It does make lovely tea. I love baking with it too. Makes baked custard taste even more yummy. #ThriftyThursday
Very thrifty and satisfying to grow your own:) Sadly I only like regular tea:( #thriftythursday
I’d love to try this. We enoy using fresh herbs for teas, our favourite at the moment is picking fresh mint and brewing it in the tea pot x #ThriftyThursday