Make a brew your own by creating your own teabags, filled with fresh herbs and flowers from your garden or whichever dried things you fancy
Our special May ‘scrapbook’ issue has the title ‘Inspire’ and you’ll find hundreds of things in it that we hope will inspire you. Among them is our Crafternoons feature showcasing lots of lovely projects skills you might not have tried before but can easily be achieved or learned in an afternoon.
The homemade teabags pictured above are by Hackney Herbal, and they tell you all about how to make your own in a crafternoon in the issue. Theirs are made using dried herbs but we’re going to have a go at making them with fresh things from our gardens. You might try lavender, mint, lemon balm or rosemary. See what’s looking perky and might perk up a brew in your kitchen.
Here are some simple instructions from Hackney Herbal on how to get started. You can read the rest of the feature in our scrapbook-style Inspire issue in shops now - or buy it direct from us.
You will need
Unbleached muslin fabric (try souschef.co.uk or johnlewis.com), or you could buy readymade self-fill tea bags from dotboutique.co.uk Cotton thread 1 tsp of dried herbs
1 Cut unbleached muslin fabric into squares roughly measuring 10x10cm.
2 Choose between 2 to 4 dried herbs to mix and place in the middle of the square. You will need about a teaspoon of dried herbs in total.
3 Gather the corners of the square together and tie the teabag up using cotton thread.
4 Infuse in hot water for five minutes and drink. You can empty out the spent herbs and re-use the muslin again after rinsing it.
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