Making My Own Tisanes With A Little Help from Aura Arcana And The Good Living Guide To Medicinal Tea

 

Today I wanted to share a bit about tea blending and how I source my tea or in this case tisane ingredients.  Another thing to share, that I love about Nanaimo, is a great store called Aura Arcana. Located in the most beautiful little courtyard shop a huge store of unimaginable treasures and much needed items for your witches apothecary. Pictured above are some of the ingredients I picked up on my weekend away. 


One of the tea blending books I have come to rely on is The Good Living Guide to Medicinal Tea by Jennifer Browne.   The book is one I ordered before it released from Amazon and if you click here you can find it. I am not an amazon affiliate, this is just a really helpful book. 


This book is easy to read and a great resource. One this Tea Witch highly recommends. 

Blessed Be. 

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