Recipes from ‘Herbal teas and matching sweets’

• Almond and aniseed biscuits

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• Baklava

  This Middle Eastern pastry is delicious and matches the cinnamon and orange tea perfectly.

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• Bay and lemon tea

  Bay leaves have a mild, slightly spicy flavour that is enhanced by the lemon.

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• Cannoli

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• Cinnamon and orange tea

  This is another spice and citrus tea, and it is a beautiful golden colour.

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• Fennel seed and rosemary

  This is good for indigestion and constipation, reduces water retention and soothes the toxic effects of excess alcohol.

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• Lavender and thyme tea

  This helps ease headaches and dizziness, aids digestion, alleviates flatulence and soothes hangovers.

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• Lemon and ginger tea

  This is a spice and citrus tea, rather than a herbal one, and it makes a wonderful tonic when you

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• Lemon and pistachio cake

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• Lemon verbena tea

  This is a summer treat and it is particularly good, mildly sedative, soothing to indigestion, nausea and cramps. The shrub

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• Mint tea

  This is an all-time favourite, and the drink of choice in North Africa, where it is made with fresh mint

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• Petits couers with poppy seeds

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• Sage tea

  Tea made with the leaves tastes and smells quite different, and is surprisingly comforting.

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• Thyme biscuits

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