"Omelet" > wrote in message
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> In article .com>,
> Sheldon > wrote:
>
>> Regardless how brewed all tea is an infusion... a tea bag is an
>> infuser...
>
> Guess I should have specified Screen infuser. ;-)
>
>> the nicest infusers I've seen are the kind they use in
>> Argentina, a fancily tooled sterling silver device that looks like
>> long soda straw with a perforated bulb at one end. The bulb is filled
>> with leaves and placed in a tall glass of hot water that's sucked up
>> through the straw. The Argentinians suck on those things all day.
>> Only thing is I don't think it's tea, just looks like tea but I think
>> they use all sorts of leaves, some narcotic.
>>
>>
>> Sheldon
>
> Probably Yerba Matte.
> It is grown by the ton in Argentina and exported.
> --
> Peace, Om

If I drink the YM tea, I don't feel it's a narcotic, but I feel after a few
sips, that that's what tea must be like in hell!
I've given it a try several times; the most recent a few months ago. DH
tried it too. It had to go.
Dee Dee