Gardening with Gundula: Grape Leaf Tea 🍇

In the midst of the grape harvest a tea from this plant and its abundant fruits is a lovely way to celebrate it.

Grape leaf tea can be made by pouring hot water over grape leaves that have been washed. This tea is said to be good for clean veins and arteries.

The grape syrup used in the tea is made by boiling up and squashing the grapes, in this case Merlot grapes, and a bit of aniseed to bring out the nostalgic flavours of “mosbolletjies” a bread made in the Western Cape using grape must.

Once the grape leaf tea has been cooled it can be mixed with the syrup for a refreshing drink on hot summer days. Add a few grapes to the tea for decoration and serve over ice.

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