Title: Red Clover Tea
Categories: Beverages
Yield: 2 Cups

1		Handful fresh red clover
		Blossoms, w/a few leaves
		Lemon
		Honey
		Fresh mint leaves (opt'l.) and/or-
		Several dandelion leaves
		;(opt'l.)

Put the blossoms and leaves into a 2-cup earthenware teapot. Fill teapot with boiling water, cover, and infuse for 5 to 10 minutes over very low heat. Set the pot on a trivet over the burner, if necessary, to protect it from breaking. Strain into a hot cup, add a twist of lemon and sweeten with honey.

Some fresh mint leaves and/or several dandelion leaves can be used with the clover blossoms.

Note: Red clover blossoms may be dried to use for tea. Spread the blossoms out into a single layer on a tray and dry them in the sun. Use less of the dried flowers, 1 to 1 1/2 tsp. to 1 cup of water, to make the tea.

Yield: 2 cups.

From "The Wild Flavor" by Marilyn Kluger. Los Angeles: Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc., 1984. Pg. 253. ISBN 0-87477-338-5. Posted by Cathy Harned. From: Cathy Harned

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