📚 Tisane, noun.
🔉 /tɪˈzan/ 🇬🇧
❓ Definition: A herbal tea.
❗️ Examples:
1. Elderflowers have been made into teas or tisanes in Europe and by N. American Indians, largely for medicinal use and especially as an antidote against colds.
2. On crisp spring days I often make a tisane or a rose tea, take it into the garden and wrap myself in a big warm blanket.
3. There are espressos, cappuccinos, mochaccinos, lattés, teas, tisanes and a wide assortment of more exotically flavoured coffee-based potions that would definitely put a little motion in your ocean, if you know what I mean.
4. Upon tasting the little cake dipped in a tisane, our hero experiences the shock of being swept back to his childhood, ‘an exquisite pleasure… filling me with a precious essence’.
5. To finish up, there are lots of intriguing coffee concoctions and fresh tisanes that will make you want to linger longer.
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