Purple Sage
These don’t look so purple on their own, I guess, but if you saw these as I first did, next to many other varieties of sage, you would be able to see that they are pretty purplish. Look at the stems and veins. There it is. OK; keep that sage in mind for a minute while I talk about the weather.
It was really snowing here in
Purple Sage Tea for an April Day Almost as Cold as
3 leaves (or two big leaves and five tiny little leaves) purple sage, or any sage
juice from half a lemon, optional
1 tablespoon honey, or more, optional
Combine ingredients in a large mug and pour on boiling water.
Tonight’s tea was just the sage. Yesterday’s had oranges, lemons, ginger, and honey as well. I humbly offer both for Weekend Herb Blogging.
Oh, and one other thing: I do not recommend making tea from chervil. Just saying.
Weekend Herb Blogging, purple sage, sage, unseasonable weather
posted by the chocolate doctor מרת שאקאלאד at 10:44 PM
4 Comments:
Oh, wow! This is great! I've never seen purple sage there before. But then again, I didn't know anything about purple sage, until now. Thanks for posting this! Let me know when you're in the neighborhood next time!
Best,
Paz
p.s. love the pic!
I've never tried making tea from sage, but I bet it's great. I have some sage in my garden that comes back quite faithfully every year and I keep meaning to make fried sage like you see in the fancy cooking magazines.
Sometime before the end of 2006 I'm going to be coming to New York and I want to have dinner or lunch with you, Paz, Mona, Rose, and any other NYC food bloggers that you guys have discovered by then.
Yes, that's a beautiful picture. I have several varieties of sage, but not that one
Hmmm, this sounds interesting. My mother used to make thyme tea for me when I was little, but I've never thought of using sage. I must try it, though! The purple kind is particularly pretty.
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