It’s time to harvest my linden tea from trees
I think that linden is the common word in N. America and lime in Britain for my Tilia trees.
I have three big trees full of flowers and the scent outside my home is marvelous. The honey bees make party in the trees this month and they ‘re so friendly. I can harvest the tea without… bee-problems.
Here in Greece we don’t drink tea so often and never in summer, we prefer frozen coffee. But we drink tea in winter, mostly when we have cough and feel bad.
We plant these trees in the street when I was child and I love them for the spring aroma and the summer shadow mostly.
Oh, I know about the scent, it is the most wonderful summer smell! Here in London many parks have these trees and the scent of the park as you approach is heavenly. If it is the same tree I think it is, in the UK we call it small leaved lime and the tea is called limeflower tea. Our limes are only just beginning to open, so I’m excited about maybe collecting some flowers. Thank you for reminding me of them.
@Bird I think it’s the same tree. Maybe different variety, maybe not.
If your limes just beggining to open, then we have 1 month between the Greek and UK blossom.
I ‘m happy you know and like the limeflower tea. Some young people here, they ask me why I collect the flowers and what can I do with these flowers. It was funny for me because I learn this tea from my parents and the generations before them.