Navajo-Hopi tea | Greenthread tea

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Navajo - Hopi Tea | Greenthread Tea

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Ingredients
  

  • Greenthread Tea
  • Water
  • Sugar or honey optional"

Instructions
 

  • Boil a bundle of herb/tream in 6 cups of water for 5 minutes.
  • Add sugar or honey if desired.

Notes

The Greenthread (Thelesperma Filifolium) herb is harvested as the flower buds open, cutting it at 2-3 inches above the soil to allow for regrowth in the next season. The cuttings are washed and then dried. The dried cuttings are folded into 4 inch bundles, weighing approx 6 grams each. 
Najavo Tea is available in bundles or in tea bags through Valley Trading Post or Navajo Agricultural Products Industry (NAPI)."