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Winter Tea
Winter Vinegar

Winter Tea

2 parts	Raspberry leaves
2 parts	Blackberry leaves
1 part	Spearmint
1 part	Lemon grass
½ part	Chamomile flowers
½ part	Marigold petals
½ part	Alfalfa
½ part	Yarrow petals
¼ part	Hibiscus flowers
¼ part	Echinacea flowers
¼ part	Catnip

To Serve:
Place a rounded spoon of the herbs in a cup and cover with hot water. Let this steep for a few minutes. You can add a bit of honey if you like, but try to avoid white sugar with this tea mix.

The tea can be assembled in a large salad bowl or even a clean plastic tub of some kind. Starting with the first ingredient add each ingredient, one at a time, and mix it in thoroughly before adding the next. Make sure that each person literally has a hand in this process since it brings magic to the mix by the healing energies that are visualized by the person when they are mixing the herbs together.

This blend can be used by both women and men and children as young as three years seem to have no problem with it.

Store the tea in clean jars, use old mayonnaise jars, or canning jars would be nice.
Make sure that everyone takes home a share of this tea. Use it each day of the winter season to insure health and to bolster the immune system during the time of year that so often brings the flu bug.

These Beans will take you to the top! Winter Vinegar

Clean bottles with corks for bottling -
(Try to use interesting shapes or wine bottles)

Good Apple Cider vinegar -
(Not apple cider flavored, use the real stuff)

A selection of your favorite herbs:

Tarragon, Basil, Parsley, Dill, Oregano, almost any herb will do.

Self-stick labels (get these almost anywhere)

To Assemble:
Place a generous amount of herbs in each bottle, mix some of them for variety.
Place a small funnel in the neck of the bottle and fill slowly, covering the herbs and leaving enough space for the cork to fit inside snuggly. Place the corks in the neck of the bottle and label each one with a date, what herbs are in the bottle, and you could put a small blurb about what it can be used for if you are going to use these as gifts.

These beans will take you to the top!