The cinnamon yaupon tea in honor of Christmas looks like hair-o-the-dog strong. I took the lid off the pot & the steamy cinnamon smell instantly opened my sinuses. #tea #yaupon
Making a new batch of yaupon tea: yaupon leaves, a few mountain mint leaves &, for Ann, a couple of slivers of cinnamon bark. #yaupon #tea #yaupontea

ADVENT24/19_DEC24

Mistigram: a twist on a classic seasonal formula, this red-and-green sprig of #holly#yauponholly, North America’s only indigenous caffeinated plant — was drawn by Moth for this date in last year’s ADVENT24 #ANSIart #AdventCalendar.

#adventCalendar #ADVENT24 #ANSIArt #holly #moth #yaupon

First batch of yaupon tea from the new harvest. Very smooth. Much better than the ~3 year old dried leaves we had left. #yaupon #tea
Well, that should be enough yaupon leaves for a while. #yaupon #tea
The yaupon leaves are almost dry. #tea #yaupon
About 15 minutes of harvesting yaupon (Ilex vomitoria) leaves. #yaupon #tea
I forgot that I turned the #yaupon tea on to steep at 8 AM this morning. I might need a whip & chair. #tea

@kelbot
I had never heard of #yaupon before, so I had to look it up:

«The Latin name Ilex Vomitoria was given by early European observers who misunderstood Indigenous purification ceremonies—where vomiting was part of the ritual—and incorrectly assumed that the plant itself was emetic.»

LOL, gotta love misleading names. 😂

Ilex vomitoria - Wikipedia

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