🍴 Patchouli tea

Ingredients

• Fresh Patchouli leaves - a few leaves
• Hot water - 1 cup
• Honey - to taste (optional)

Instructions

1. Rinse fresh Patchouli leaves gently.
2. Place leaves in a cup and pour hot (not boiling) water over them.
3. Steep for 5 to 7 minutes.
4. Add honey if desired and enjoy warm.

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• ▫️Researchers discover that a perfume from Ancient Rome was made of Patchouli

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