Yaupon holly tea : delicious , maligned , caffeinated .
The one thing most people will miss the most in a total social crack-up is umber . More specifically … the caffeine inside it .
We can be without malls , Tex - Mex restaurants and half - and - one-half … but coffee bean ? That would be punishing .
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Yet it ’s already getting viciously expensive . Before I cease the caffein habit , I stock extra , just in instance , since you just ca n’t uprise the stuff here without a glasshouse . So , in the sad chance we may miss it for a while , there has to be an alternative reference of caffeine for those of us with , shall we say , MASSIVE ADDICTION ISSUES .
Enter Yaupon Holly Tea: North America’s Very Own Native Caffeine Source!(TM)
Naturalists break this plant life the inauspicious Latin nameIlex Vomitoriabecause , as the tarradiddle live on , the Indians ( Native Americans ? brute ? Arboreal Peoples ? Indigenous Tribespersons ? Those Of The Awesome Headdresses ? ) would make and drink Brobdingnagian quantity of Yaupon holly tea , have vision , rhapsodic hysteria , behave half-baked … and vomit their guts out .
Sounds like either a Hippie Vision Quest or a Frat initiation .
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Yaupon holly tea: delicious, maligned, caffeinated.
Anyhow , yaupon holly tea is delightful . It can not replacecoffee , deplorably , since nothing can do that … but it is a good means to get your break of the day ( afternoon , evening , midnight ) buzz . I train it the sluttish fashion like this :
Clip some skillful young leaves and stems .
Strain into a teacupful , add a trivial dinero or beloved , and serve !
Yaupon holly tea: delicious, maligned, caffeinated.
Technically , you ’re supposed to dry or roast the leaves , hence itsoriginal name “ The Black Drink , ” rather than the “ Scary Dark GreenDrink , ” but … unripe yaupon holly tea taste great too .
When I have a little more meter , I pick the leaves and toast them on a cooking pan . That hold the tea leaf a nice , smoky Yerba Mate flavor that is quite good .
Quick note : do n’t masticate the new leafage – they ’ll get at your mouth . If you need caffeine THAT bad , you need to seriously weigh rehab .
Yaupon holly tea: delicious, maligned, caffeinated.
Toasting the leave of absence on a cast iron pan
Now , for a long meter , I looked around for a Yaupon tree to add to my landscaping . After fruit tree , nut case , berries and tobacco plant , having a caffeine source was pretty important . Turns out , Ilex Vomitoriais rather popular in Florida as an ornamental . you could find them in many nurseries around Florida .
you may also purchase my bookThe Survival Gardener ’s pathfinder to growing Your Own caffein : Coffee , Tea , and the Black Drink , where I go more into depth on growing yaupon holly .
It does n’t matter if you get the standard , the dwarf or the weeping interlingual rendition … they ’re all good sources for THE BLACK DRINK !
SPUDMETER SURVIVAL RATING :
Name : Yaupon HollyLatin Name : Ilex VomitoriaType : Small treeNitrogen Fixer : NoMedicinal : YesCold - Oliver Hardy : Yes , and evergreenExposure : Sun , shadePart Used : leaf , minor stemsPropagation : CuttingsTaste : ExcellentStorability : ExcellentEase of growing : Very easyNutrition : LowRecognizability : LowAvailability : restrained
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