Siamese tea (acalypha)

Acalypha siamensis

infusion

A wild tea: dried leaves steeped and drunk like tea by Thais and Malays.

Origin

Thailand and Malaysia

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

One teaspoon of dried leaves per cup, five to ten minutes in barely simmering water; the infusion is strained and drunk.

Did you know?

Its clipped hedges border gardens in Southeast Asia.