We have two filter coffee pots - one leaded for mornings and one unleaded for pms. We buy organic fair trade coffee. We also have one of those plunger cafetière pots but never use it as coffee here is ground for use in filter machines and is too fine.
Possum likes tisanes and buys strange concoctions when we go to the market at Olonne but she doesn't get onw with pre-packed varieties in SMs except for Morroccan mint. I also have some loose tea - Assam and Darjeeling for the once or twice a year I fancy a proper tea but it's over a year since I did that so 'appen they ought to go on the compost.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
That does sound tasty @Dovefromabove , my Earl Grey is front and centre though and loose tea to boot (although I suppose that could be sorted) but I am waiting for my herbs to stop shivering as Raymond Blanc made a salmon dish I definitely want to try.
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
I used to have a whole collection of mints in pots but I've whittled it down to just a few - ginger mint because it's foliage is attractive and the flavour is good; Moroccan mint for flavour and strawberry mint. Doesn't taste remotely of strawberries but is a pretty leaf.
We also have lots of wild apple mint all over the untended bits of garden we leave for the wildlife tho i did pick a load last year to make mint jelly.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
It was quite cold this morning so I made a cup of warm Ribena using the last of the blackcurrants (that I'd left on the bush for the birds but they don't seem interested) and a bit of honey. Lovely.
The lack of bird interest in my fruit this year makes me think that the hillsides are probably loaded with whimberries. Maybe I should get up early this weekend and go pick my share.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
It was quite cold this morning so I made a cup of warm Ribena using the last of the blackcurrants (that I'd left on the bush for the birds but they don't seem interested) and a bit of honey. Lovely.
Actually, blackcurrant leaf is a very nice tea. Don't drink it if you're pregnant though.
Enjoy your foraging
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I have forager's hands today. I managed to pick 600g of whimberries from the hillside above my house. The birds have been hitting them hard but I found a couple of good spots.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I can't abide got drinks of any kind. I use them purely medicinally to clear out the tubes if I have a cold. Haven't had a cold for a couple of years. Haven't had a hot drink.
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Possum likes tisanes and buys strange concoctions when we go to the market at Olonne but she doesn't get onw with pre-packed varieties in SMs except for Morroccan mint. I also have some loose tea - Assam and Darjeeling for the once or twice a year I fancy a proper tea but it's over a year since I did that so 'appen they ought to go on the compost.
https://recipes.lidl.co.uk/recipes/earl-grey-infused-salmon
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We also have lots of wild apple mint all over the untended bits of garden we leave for the wildlife tho i did pick a load last year to make mint jelly.
Enjoy your foraging
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”