If there are tea leaves in a drink then I'm happy to call it tea. I honestly don't object to people putting any number of things in hot water and drinking the results; I just expect 'tea' to contain actual tea leaves. I've sort of accepted that 'herbal tea' is a common term now for things with NO tea in them, but it still bothers me since I was raised to understand 'tea' was the name of a plant. (To me this is rather like calling Carob 'herbal chocolate'. Lovely stuff, but it's sure as heck not chocolate.)
As for adulterating tea with any number of wild oils, herbs, and whatnot: I'm fer it. We enjoy a variety of preposterous offerings from 'The Republic' and their ilk.
I had no idea we had unwittingly chosen sides in a battle so deeply dividing the social circle that it puts LJ friending in the line of fire. Please let me know where there the battle-lines are drawn so I can cower behind the correct rocks.
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Date: 2009-11-28 07:57 am (UTC)As for adulterating tea with any number of wild oils, herbs, and whatnot: I'm fer it. We enjoy a variety of preposterous offerings from 'The Republic' and their ilk.
I had no idea we had unwittingly chosen sides in a battle so deeply dividing the social circle that it puts LJ friending in the line of fire. Please let me know where there the battle-lines are drawn so I can cower behind the correct rocks.