Tea Time with Treble

Intro Video
Make Tea From Weeds
All About Teas (Ehem, tisanes) Video
Dandelion Tisane:

What you’ll need:
  • Dandelion Flowers
  • Coffee filter, tea steeper, strainer small enough to fit in a cup
  • Mug
  • Hot Water (ask an adult to boil some water for you)
What you’ll do: 
  1. Pick dandelion flowers, a large handful is enough
  2. Rinse them under cold water (Always wash food you forage!)
  3. Pull just the petals off and put them into your coffee filter. You just want the yellow parts, not the green or purplish stem. You should have a few tablespoons of flower petals. 
  4. Steep (or let sit undisturbed) for 5 min
  5. Your tisane should be a golden color.

Note: Always have an adult with you when foraging plants. When picking your dandelions, only pick from lawns not treated with weed killers or pesticides, those can make you sick. If you’re not sure, pick from somewhere else.
White Clover Iced Tisane:

What you’ll need:
  •  A Pot to boil water
  • 6 cups water
  • 1cup clover flowers
  • Sweetener (like honey)
  • Optional: 1 Lemon
  • An Adult

What you’ll do:
  1. Collect your clover blossoms and thoroughly rinse them
  2. Boil the water 
  3. In a large jar ow heat-proof bowl, place the cleaned clover blossoms and pour the water over the top
  4. Let sit in the fridge for at least 30min, and up to 5 hours. After the steeping time is up, strain out the clover blossoms.
  5. Optional: Cut the lemon into rounds
  6. To serve: Stir in a table spoon of honey to about a cup of the iced tisane. Place a lemon round on top, enjoy!​
Note: Always have an adult with you when foraging plants. When picking your clover blossoms, only pick from lawns not treated with weed killers or pesticides, those can make you sick. If you’re not sure, pick from somewhere else. Also, it’s okay if your clover blossoms have some pink or red on them, they do not have to be pure white.
Trees Also Make Great Tea!
​He uses a stovetop, but very very hot tap also works. And do you know where a great source of pine needles is? A Christmas tree! Double check with the farm or tree stand that you get your live tree from to make sure they don’t use herbicides or pesticides. This can be a great after Christmas / Yule / Winter-time tradition with your family!
Tea Time Snack Fit for the Queen

You can’t have a proper tea time without snacks, and tea sandwiches are the classic fit for this occasion. Join Treble as she learns how to make the perfect “fancy” tea sandwiches from her fancy counterpart.
Poetry
Poetry like tea, it thought to be only fit for the queen. But poetry is just like reading anything else, but better! Poetry is the abstract painting of the reading world, it is what you make it. Reading poetry with your tea can be silly or sad, funny or mad. Check out these poems below:
Time for Tea

After all that work; foraging for flowers and brewing tea, making delicate tea sandwiches, writing a nature poem or finding one to read, is it finally time for tea? Yes! But let’s set the stage, Join treble one last time as she sets up her tea time!

Time for Tea! Video
Closing Video

​In your nature journal, write one thing you’ll do this week to treat yourself to some self care. Online school is hard and different, and you deserve it! 

Stumped? Treble suggests: Go to bed 10 minutes earlier than usual to get a great night's sleep. Pick out an outfit that makes you feel great and set them out for the next day. Drink a full glass of water with breakfast.

Other Resources & Activities:
Tea Party Music Spotify Playlist
Nature and Jazz Artist on Spotify
​Back to NW Outdoor Science School At Home Curriculum