Come to learn how to make herbal teas and decoctions in this hands-on workshop. 

Learning to make your own herbal products can be overwelming due to wide variety of choice and recipes, dosages, or due to the complexity of herbs. Having good guidance is crucial to navigating these challenges and this is why this workshop is made for you. 

What to Expect:

Theory Session: We briefly define herbalism, explore different herbal preparations, understanding plant constituents and which plants are best for teas and decoction.

Practice Session: Together we will prepare some tea and will be a step-by-step demonstration of preparing a decoction. We also briefly go through how to blend herbs together into a tasty teas. 

Takeaway: Leave with your carefully crafted herbal tea  along with newfound knowledge to use herbs into your daily life.

By making your own herbal products you will also:

-Save tons of money

-Start using herbs in your everyday life

-Take care of yourself with simple natural kitchen ingredients

-Be a starting point to deepen your knowledge about herbs.

Workshop plan:

1. Introduction
   • Brief history of herbs and herbalims
2. Types of Herbal Preparations
   • Different type of preparation
   • What is teas, infusions, and decoctions
   • Understanding plant constituents

3. Practice

• Step-by-step demosntration of preparing an herbal tea and decoction
• Creation of herbal teas to drink on place
• Preparation of your own tea blend

Note:

Exact location will be announced in spring

The workshop is part is of two other evening workshops for learning how to make remedies/herbal preparation. Check out other evening workshops: tinctures workshop, and the herbal oils & salves workshop. You can register to a single one or to the three workshops.